{"id":222,"date":"2007-02-16T13:07:39","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T19:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chartervision.org\/archive\/222"},"modified":"2007-11-24T00:11:42","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T06:11:42","slug":"poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/archive\/222\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note<\/strong>: These two poems were submitted by Caitlin, a sophomore at Liberty High<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From the top, I only see tiny dots. The distance from the ground up is greatly reflected from my gaze.<\/p>\n

Once the ride slows down and reaches the bottom I can see people with cotton candy, balloons, popcorn; children — stuffed toys held in their grips, walking, laughing, looking attentively at everything with excitement; true glee.<\/p>\n

They’re just wasting time.<\/p>\n

I try to hold back my doubt, my numbness.<\/p>\n

Soon the ground and the crowds disperse from my vision. The gravitational pull of the machine lifts me high into the sky.<\/p>\n

I don’t care how many times I pay the tolled fee… I’m going to reach the stars tonight. I’m going to wait ’til the sun rises up above that far away hill announcing the dawn of a brand new day.<\/p>\n

This ferris wheel is my only escape right now.<\/p>\n

That same image of your smiling face is forever lingering in my mind. All I want is to not feel so completely alone.<\/p>\n

And now that your presence is not near, now that my arms are not wrapped ’round your porcelain shoulders, all I have is me.<\/p>\n

Not with you. Not you there to help me make it through. On my own.<\/p>\n

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A blue sky nestles above the earth.<\/p>\n

Pale clouds popularize our atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Far ahead, I imagine a happy setting.<\/p>\n

Soil softens underneath my ratty, old converse.<\/p>\n

Trees correspond with one another.<\/p>\n

Wind wrestles rooftops.<\/p>\n

Hair cascades in front of my face.<\/p>\n

K. lingers for a bit.<\/p>\n

I tumble down the hill.<\/p>\n

Dandelions devour the green grass.<\/p>\n

We admire the view of the field.<\/p>\n

I long to be emancipated from your sinister blue irises.<\/p>\n

You were the subject of my refined smock.<\/p>\n

“Reinstate my dependency upon you!” I shout.<\/p>\n

If only I had done this… I should have… I could’ve… I needn’t have cause…<\/p>\n

Thoughts swirling in manifested vat of limitless plights.<\/p>\n

Strangling my voice, constricting my vocal cords.<\/p>\n

I will avenge him.<\/p>\n

Let his beautiful lady paint a mess of betrayal, cheeseparing, truth.<\/p>\n

Permit catastrophes to bruise her very soul.<\/p>\n

My rhapsody is to deny propensity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: These two poems were submitted by Caitlin, a sophomore at Liberty High. From the top, I only see tiny dots. The distance from the ground up is greatly reflected from my gaze. Once the ride slows down and reaches the bottom I can see people with cotton candy, balloons, popcorn; children — stuffed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.sdho.org\/2008\/01\/chartervision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}