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Doris
Words So Rare
By Doris Alcantara
My words,
words of
Love
and words of
Care.
For it to be truly meant
is outrageously
rare.
Though nothing means more than
a quiet
stare.
Thirteen & Beyond
By Daquan Nelson
All eyes on me!
All focus on me.
I don’t feel like
I’m not myself.
Three years back
being... 10. Still,
you know, a kid.
But now this...
this is big.
Not even, it’s beyond.
I’ve changed. Too late
to go back. I remember
being 11, holding Mommy’s
hand. & 10 going to the
park with Mommy. Everything
Mommy, Mommy, Mommy. But
now it’s just me. Alone.
38 FIVEY 2009
Daquan
Forever Before My Eyes
By Doris Alcantara
This chain right here,
right before my eyes,
it goes on forever.
Forever on it goes.
If only life went on forever.
Forever friends would we be?
Or like your words would you set our love free?
There’s something hidden, something indeed.
Unlike this chain, before my eyes,
There’s an end to love, and an end to life.
Are we both willing to make this sacrifice?
I don’t want to be known as the girl who wondered,
why?
How can something end that has never been
started?
I no longer want to wonder,
I want to live.
Life goes on with the pass of time.
People move on.
From you I’ve tried to move on,
but it feels so wrong.
My love for you will never be gone.
That Classic Coke
By Daquan Nelson
Wow! It’s 3:00! Time for me
to get the Classic of the day.
My #1 source of old school.
Back in the old school days,
it only took 5 cents to
get that refreshing sip!
I love my Classic Coke.
Keepin’ it fresh & very old school.
Just to snap the bottle open,
& feel the rush coming my way.
The sound makes me ecstatic
about every sip!