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  1. The courage in me
    Will be there forever
    And will fight for those in need

    When people beat up others,
    I can feel their pain
    I can feel them suffer.
    I just want them to stop.

    Just then I saved a little boy
    And gave him a toy.
    For well behaved,
    He was so brave.

    He was defending himself
    Like no one else
    Because he was like myself

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  2. Many people deal with negativity.
    Many fall with it and spread it,
    But everyone should rise again.
    We will rise.

    Where negativity lands
    People should get it and gain,
    Rather than let it take it over them.
    We will rise.

    Like evaporated water,
    We will form up into a molecule and rise as one.

    We as people should rise and be more positive
    To each other and vanish the negativity away.
    We will rise.

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  4. Not Going Back

    We are not going back
    To the old days
    In which we knew
    How to play

    We can't play no more
    We don't feel safe
    We know how to play
    But we feel this pain

    This pain of the future
    Build by hate
    Hate that will
    Not let us play

    We are not going back
    To our old ways

    Cause we see ma praying all day
    Praying for the now
    Praying for the when
    Because she no longer prays for him

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  5. Gawking eyes
    Mine with pride
    Rode down the streets
    With my head held high

    Looking up with no despair
    They looked at me from everywhere
    And when we spoke
    Snickering awoke

    The road that I rode on
    So hilly, so green
    Enmeshed in the spirit of greenery
    The sky so bright and blue
    like their skin and eyes at night

    So curious so sweet
    They loved our charro beans
    And this feeling inside
    So warm so bright
    Like our smiles and laughter
    Hovering around the chimney at night

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  6. Life Is A Trip

    Another fresh new year has come…
    Another year of life!!
    I don’t have to worry about doubt and fear
    Because there won’t be another tear
    I am done with all the lies

    Life goes on day by day
    Why do you think I love to stay?
    The thunderstorms that come by
    Are like what i feel inside
    Sooner or later the rainbows will shine!!!

    I am a strong woman
    I was made to be wild
    To create my own destiny
    To find a place in this world so I can be
    The most incredible me

    I finally found myself over a long thorny road
    And trust me it wasn’t simple it felt like a heavy load
    Now I am an independent woman
    A woman with a vision
    That is now on a mission

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  7. Angela Amador

    Walking Away

    Day by day
    You made me believe I wasn’t enough
    I was always wrong
    That loving me was too tough
    I had to walk away

    On and on you go
    Saying I never understood you
    And I wanted things my way
    But of my worries you never had a clue
    I had to walk away

    I let you go
    Now, you talk poorly about my name
    Say that I was toxic
    You were afraid of who I became
    I had to walk away

    Thank you for the lesson
    I do not regret our time together
    I learned to give my all
    Felt pain I had never
    I learned to walk away

    Rhyme Scheme: abcbd

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  8. My Poem

    You told me I wouldn't bare
    That it wouldn't be fair
    But you never dared

    You pushed me out of sight
    The world was never so bright
    And you said not now
    You wouldn't know how

    From the amber of my will
    And the ashes of my despair
    From my darkness I flared

    A fire that rose
    That may be put out
    But from the ashes
    Will burn once more

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  9. I walk through the sandy wasteland passing dune after dune
    Walking and staring at the moon
    As I walk through the endless land

    The lights in the distance tease me with their luster
    And yet I can never seem to grab one
    Every light has flittered away
    And I seem to end up with none

    I seem to always be left in the dark
    With the endless teasing of the lights on the horizon
    And yet I walk on
    In the hopes that someday I’ll get at least one
    Fully aware that I’ll most likely never get one

    Some days, some of the lights fall behind
    The ones that have lost their light
    I’d carry them with me
    But if I don’t walk now
    I’ll be left behind

    If I looked behind me just once
    There’d be a sea of lights that tumble over the dunes
    If I look behind me just one time
    I’ll be left in the sand

    When the sun comes over the wasteland
    I don’t feel its warmth
    When the moon bathes the land in its lukewarm light
    I don’t feel the cold

    When I’ve walked for what feels like an eternity
    I don’t feel tired
    I don’t feel the stress of the walk
    And yet I still want to look back

    But if I look back
    I’ll be left behind

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  10. The Now
    What’s left behind
    Should not be on my mind
    The old shoes I wore
    Don’t fit me anymore
    For they were from my past
    Which went by so fast

    Many obstacles in the past
    Many obstacles I had to pass
    Never did I surrender
    For my future I was a defender

    Never lost hope
    That bright future i had in my scope
    I grabbed that future tight as a rope

    Now I have eyes on my future
    I have to be a mover
    And take action
    Don’t want any distraction
    For I am in the Now
    And there’s nothing stopping me Now

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  11. CAN’T BRING ME DOWN



    You constantly tease me every single day

    Yet your words fall on to deaf ears

    Name calling to try and put a frown

    But no matter what I shine bright

    You can’t drag me down



    Getting forced to follow something I don’t believe

    I won’t let myself get tied down by them

    Not even the evilest demons can hurt me now

    I am blessed by the hands of life

    Demons can’t force me down



    Number and letter grades won’t define me

    They are just that, symbols on a screen

    These prison walls and ID numbers tracking me

    Stay in the dust of my freedom, flying high

    The system can’t shut me down



    Darkest of them all is the mind

    I won’t pay attention any time

    It tries to suffocate me in the dark

    But I faced it up front with the light inside

    I can’t bring myself down

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  12. Growth

    You chose to portray me a horrible person,
    Spread lies about me.
    All for that enormous ego that you sustain yourself with.

    But silly goose,
    Don’t you know?
    That through your vile, disgusting words
    I chose to grow.

    Does the way I carry myself upset you?
    Did you really expect me to sit down and cry?
    As if, I’d never!
    I grew.

    In the face of enmity,
    I stayed true to myself.
    I chose to grow and become a bigger person.
    It bothers you and it shows.
    That I chose to rise above you and grow.

    At the end of the day, I’m still able to look in the mirror
    And be content with the person I see.
    For I’ve grown,
    And become what you never wanted to see.
    -Haley Villarreal

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  13. I will live
    You have tried to make me cry tears like a fountain
    But I still move those heavy mountains
    You try to make my life not the best
    But I will live life to the fullest

    You have many words to say
    But I will live a happy life anyway
    Hateful words that are meant to destroy
    But just like that, my life I will enjoy

    I will live my best life
    Like butterflies in the spring
    No matter how you describe my life
    I will spread my wings

    You may bring me down
    In a million different ways
    But I will live my life to be the best one in town
    And I will live happy for the rest of my days

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  14. Would you like to see me cry out loud?
    Beg you for my life
    I will not bow down like the clouds
    That are made from the rain that falls down

    It seems we are different every time
    We see each other
    With no fear nor doubt as if crime
    Was strong enough to change our frowns

    Is this where we divide ourselves?
    By color and race
    Like those books on the shelves
    Leaving no meaning nor trace

    I will say that I will survive
    And make this world
    New as if we had been revived
    By our loud cries

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  15. At times I may stumble
    But you won’t see me fall
    With tears in my eyes,
    I will always make the right call

    At times I lose some battles
    But in the end I will win the war
    Although I sometimes get caught in the lion’s den
    he won’t be the one to roar

    At times I feel as though I want to give up,
    But I know I’ll always have people that will be in my corner
    Feelings are often a little too overwhelming
    However I have great friends to keep me a little warmer

    At times I hear monsters underneath my bed
    But unfortunately I don’t always know how to keep them fed.
    With bonds as strong as glue,
    Those monsters shrink to the size of just a shrew.

    ABCB
    AABB

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  17. When He gives you a Second Chance

    Never lose your faith
    Never lose your hope
    Hold on to Gods’ hand
    He will never let you go.

    Live life to the fullest
    Don’t waste any time
    Set your goals high
    Enjoy every minute of the climb.

    Stay strong through tough times
    Find the good in the bad
    Make the best of what you have
    Don’t dwell or be sad.

    Look for who stuck around
    Seek out the friends that are true
    Stay with that special someone
    Who through it all loved you.

    Cherish those around you
    Do not take them for granted
    Don’t forget to say I’m sorry
    God may not give you more second chances.

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  18. Life is like a battle
    Dirty at times.
    The road is twisty and windy,
    But still I strive.

    The road from here is hard.
    It can be long, and it can be short.
    Are you gonna be hiding in the same old place,
    Or are you finally gonna teleport
    Into a world full of bliss and craze.

    Life can put you down
    Everyone fails.
    It can be miserable at times
    What matters is that you prevail.

    From the dinosaurs to now
    Life was too long, or too bad, for anything to transpire.
    Or life was cut too short to be amusing
    But me, i'm striving til I expire.





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