~Author's Note: This is about remembering someone special. Is actually about my Great Grandma and how I would always remember her. Enjoy! :)
My life is in your hands, what do you see?
A challenge, a decision, responsibility?
For every breath I take, depends on these moments.
My happiness, my comfort, my existence.
You do not judge me, you make me grin.
Great memories, great thoughts, all reside within.
The things we see every day, the things we feel,
The joy and confidence, it seems unreal.
When hours last forever, and minutes stand still.
I think about each dream, and think about each thrill.
Living each second, embracing time
More we spend together, more you are mine.
It is all in these moments, that will last forever.
No matter what; I will still remember.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Best Friend
When I cry you help me out
When I'm happy you hear me shout
When I glare you know I'm really mad
Because you are my best friend
You can tell when I'm sad.
You're there in thick and thin
You know you can always make me grin
You help me out when I get mad
You are the bestest friend I've ever had
So hear me out when I say
You’re the light in my day
You are the moon in my night
You make everything right
And if you ever leave…
I'll be with you wherever you go.
When I'm happy you hear me shout
When I glare you know I'm really mad
Because you are my best friend
You can tell when I'm sad.
You're there in thick and thin
You know you can always make me grin
You help me out when I get mad
You are the bestest friend I've ever had
So hear me out when I say
You’re the light in my day
You are the moon in my night
You make everything right
And if you ever leave…
I'll be with you wherever you go.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Hundredth Dove
~Author's Note: This piece was a district writing assessment and I have now posted it to my blog, along with the rest of my class. Hope you enjoy it and please give some feedback. Thanks!
In this story, the forest fowler catches and serves for the king. He had even sewn his motto "servo" into the flesh right above his heart. Have you ever felt this way before, where you serve someone no matter who tries to persuade you to not do it? When you make a choice and make it happen, there’s no going back and it will affect your future.
The future queen was an elegant, graceful woman; who was known throughout the land. Her name was Lady Columbia, which meant dove. She was to be married to the King and he had commanded the fowler to bring 100 doves to be eaten at the wedding feast. And yet, the queen said no. Later, he was catching the doves for the feast, all except one who was small, white and graceful. He could never catch the dove; but when he finally did, the dove spoke out in a woman's voice proclaiming that he had to release the dove and would find fame and fortune or even the queen as his one true love. Since he could not bear the dove's words, he twisted the bird's neck and brought it back to the castle with the other 99 doves. Yet there was never a wedding.
When I read this, it made me sad, for I couldn't bear to see the cruelty. If the king was for the queen, he would heed to her wishes as well, except if it was one of those times when women didn’t have any power. The queen turned out to be the dove, one who was graceful, and full of innocence. The dove is a symbol of love and beauty, yet it is easily brought down. The fowler had felt regret for killing that innocent creature, the one who was the queen and so he never hunted again; but lived on berries for the rest of his life. If I was the fowler, I would have done the same except for killing the bird and tearing his “motto” off his chest.
The story showed to me that everything has its rights and wrongs whether it’s hunting or even issuing orders for your loved one. The fowler made his choice, even if it was a wrong one. We cannot change what we did and will do. Our choices change our future. Because the fowler decided to hunt birds for the king, he felt regret and never hunted again. If he saved the bird, he would have had much fame and fortune and the Lady Columbia.
In this story, the forest fowler catches and serves for the king. He had even sewn his motto "servo" into the flesh right above his heart. Have you ever felt this way before, where you serve someone no matter who tries to persuade you to not do it? When you make a choice and make it happen, there’s no going back and it will affect your future.
The future queen was an elegant, graceful woman; who was known throughout the land. Her name was Lady Columbia, which meant dove. She was to be married to the King and he had commanded the fowler to bring 100 doves to be eaten at the wedding feast. And yet, the queen said no. Later, he was catching the doves for the feast, all except one who was small, white and graceful. He could never catch the dove; but when he finally did, the dove spoke out in a woman's voice proclaiming that he had to release the dove and would find fame and fortune or even the queen as his one true love. Since he could not bear the dove's words, he twisted the bird's neck and brought it back to the castle with the other 99 doves. Yet there was never a wedding.
When I read this, it made me sad, for I couldn't bear to see the cruelty. If the king was for the queen, he would heed to her wishes as well, except if it was one of those times when women didn’t have any power. The queen turned out to be the dove, one who was graceful, and full of innocence. The dove is a symbol of love and beauty, yet it is easily brought down. The fowler had felt regret for killing that innocent creature, the one who was the queen and so he never hunted again; but lived on berries for the rest of his life. If I was the fowler, I would have done the same except for killing the bird and tearing his “motto” off his chest.
The story showed to me that everything has its rights and wrongs whether it’s hunting or even issuing orders for your loved one. The fowler made his choice, even if it was a wrong one. We cannot change what we did and will do. Our choices change our future. Because the fowler decided to hunt birds for the king, he felt regret and never hunted again. If he saved the bird, he would have had much fame and fortune and the Lady Columbia.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Robber Mayhem
~Author's Note: This was a story I had written last year in Mr. Seyfert's class. It was practice for descriptive words and I really liked the start of the story. So this year, I wrote the last part from the beach houses and updated it so it's the best writing that I could do. Please reply what you think! Thanks! I am also working on a sequel for this so keep tuned XD
Caspian, an ordinary boy in the ordinary town of Tyrn, Indiowa, was an everyday average kid. Indiowa was located in the country of Calormene which was on the planet Pongee. Caspian was a teenager attending school and going out with a rather adorable girl. Little did he know that he would lose it all when he decided to take a walk through the city.
He was taking his everyday walk. When he turned around the corner of a street, he dropped his jaw at the shocking sight that was laid out before him. He saw a tall, glowing guy in silver clothes calmly walking out of the richest bank in town with two rather large, stuffed burlap bags. Fresh dollar bills and brilliant gold coins were tumbling out of the bags, onto the cobblestone street. The robber searched around and when he didn't find anyone, he yelled out to the others, "Come on out boys!" Caspian's jaw dropped farther when a horde of the glowing robbers came out; each holding their own sack of money.
What was surprising though, was that as Caspian looked at them, he noticed that they were gliding out of the door as if nothing was going on. Actually, there was nothing going on. The alarms were off, Caspian didn't see or hear anyone yelling, and he was the unlucky chimp surrounded by a pride of lions. Wait, hang on a second; gliding? Then Caspian noticed the dazzling light that seemed to be coming from the strange robbers. When they walked out the door, they grew taller and taller. In the end, they were all about nine feet tall.
Then, because Caspian was so wrapped up in his thoughts and forgot to hide, someone saw him. This guy was taller than the rest; so while he was a great lookout, he couldn't move very fast. This robber was around ten feet tall and was wearing jade colored armor. Once he spotted Caspian, the jade lookout yelled to his friends, "Look, a human! Grab him!" By the time the giant finished his sentence, Caspian was off and running. He took a quick glance backward and wished he hadn't.
For one thing, he was blinded by their bright light and the second was that five of the robbers gave their bulging sacks to the others and were soon gliding rapidly towards him. He turned around dazedly and started running away faster than before. Caspian replayed the events in his mind over and over as he was running. He replayed them so much, it felt he had been running for hours even though it had only been ten minutes.
Soon, he came to a street of empty, open-door, beach houses. They were all painted as though there were many artists, each with their own unique "flavoring". He couldn't run for much longer and the robbers were gaining ground, so he chose a house in the middle of the street. It looked like a giant had mixed corn cobs, grass, mud, and blood all together and dumped it onto the house. Caspian dug deep within his body for any amount of energy he could muster, burst into a full sprint to the house, and pelted through the door just as the chasers rounded the corner and had full view of the street.
The bandits raced down the street and stopped suddenly outside the giant's house. Caspian hid just behind the door so that he could hear them talking, but so they wouldn't see him. Next, after he got himself situated, he strained to hear them talking. The biggest robber was talking to one of his buddies that wore blood-red clothing.
"Ares, how could you let that child get away? You're one of the fastest here!"
"Yes, I might be the fastest but so are you, Poseidon. Anyways, since you are one of the big three, it is my duty to stay behind you in a chase."
"Yes, it is," nodded Poseidon, "but that boy was our main priority for it was he who saw us robbing the richest bank in this town. What I don't get, is why he was awake when Morpheus put all the humans to sleep?"
"Why don't we ask Morpheus then? If he can't give us a good reason, let’s drain his powers from him. We don't need his petty magic."
"Not now Ares. For now, we need to find the kid who can survive Morpheus's spells."
"And just how do you plan to do that, might I ask?"
"Athena, please give us your thoughts."
Athena then said, "There are five of us. There will be better chances if we send for more. Hermes, will you please send a message to Ra that we need more gods?"
Caspian's eyes grew wide when Athena mentioned this, for he finally figured out the puzzle. These strange people were gods, for that explained the dazzling light; and speed of which they possessed. Also, that was why he didn’t see anyone; Morpheus delivered all the humans into a deep sleep.
"Of course Athena," said Hermes.
Athena then said, "When Hermes leaves, two gods will go to both ends of the street blocking them off. Nemesis and I will do that. Poseidon and Ares will then search the houses, the first on the end of the street and work your way in so the child cant escape. Ok?"
"Lets go," said Hermes.
"Break!" Nemesis shouted.
After all that being said and done, they left to do their separate jobs. Caspian then walked silently upstairs for anything that would make a rope. When he got upstairs, he walked into the first room in the hallway to the left, towards the back of the house. In that room, he discovered two wooden deck chairs, a metal chest, and an oak wardrobe, He strode over to the wardrobe and pulled the wooden panels open expecting human clothes. Instead, he saw dazzling clothes radiating the same light that the gods did. He freaked and raced from the room and then downstairs. He was committed to running out the door until he remembered the gods that were coming up outside, the real ones. He slowly stepped up the stairs and into the room, and looked at the clothes. He then felt a sudden pull towards the weird clothes and through his trance, heard Ares and Poseidon tromping around downstairs. Caspian grabbed the clothes and slid them on, then he felt pure joy and bliss and comfort for a few seconds… then fainted.
When he came to, there were 4 humans leaning over him. "Wait a second," thought Caspian, "they arent human; they still have light around them but it is much duller than before." A head peered into view with stormy eyes and brown and grey hair and with a jolt, was recognized as Poseidon. The other 3 were the other 3 gods, Ares, Nemesis and Athena.
"Are you a backup?" asked Poseidon.
As Caspian looked down upon himself, he noticed he was also covered in the same brightness as the gods. He felt a searing heat in his hands and opened his hands to find a lightning bolt with explosives on the very end. "I'm, I'm not sure," replied Caspian finally. Just then, a feathery, angelic woman came, snapped Caspian up and brought him to a dark alley.
"Who are you?" asked Caspian.
"I am Dandela, a bird angel servant of the king of gods. My master wanted me to tell you answers to many mysteries. Go on, ask any question you desire."
"Why didn't the gods recognize me when I woke up?"
"It was because you were one of their brethren, the lightning god."
"But, Im not a god?" Yet deep down in, Caspian knew he was.
"When you put on the clothes you are wearing now, you fainted so that you could gather your new magic abilities. Next question, please."
"If I am really a god, is my name the same, or has it changed?"
"It has changed."
"Then what is my name?"
"Your new name is destined to be Zeus, the new king of the gods, the all powerful lightning god."
"Is that why I had a real lightning bolt?"
"Yes, it will appear whenever you need it from now on. Just say the words 'O lightning, come serve me faithfully' and it will come. Have a good life while you can Zeus and I will see you soon. But for now, I must leave."
"Wait don’t go! I still have a lot of questions to ask you!"
"And they will be answered in time Zeus. Let the future reveal itself when it wants to. Goodbye, future king." And with a snap, she left in a puff of feathers, leaving the newly named Zeus in the alley.
Caspian, an ordinary boy in the ordinary town of Tyrn, Indiowa, was an everyday average kid. Indiowa was located in the country of Calormene which was on the planet Pongee. Caspian was a teenager attending school and going out with a rather adorable girl. Little did he know that he would lose it all when he decided to take a walk through the city.
He was taking his everyday walk. When he turned around the corner of a street, he dropped his jaw at the shocking sight that was laid out before him. He saw a tall, glowing guy in silver clothes calmly walking out of the richest bank in town with two rather large, stuffed burlap bags. Fresh dollar bills and brilliant gold coins were tumbling out of the bags, onto the cobblestone street. The robber searched around and when he didn't find anyone, he yelled out to the others, "Come on out boys!" Caspian's jaw dropped farther when a horde of the glowing robbers came out; each holding their own sack of money.
What was surprising though, was that as Caspian looked at them, he noticed that they were gliding out of the door as if nothing was going on. Actually, there was nothing going on. The alarms were off, Caspian didn't see or hear anyone yelling, and he was the unlucky chimp surrounded by a pride of lions. Wait, hang on a second; gliding? Then Caspian noticed the dazzling light that seemed to be coming from the strange robbers. When they walked out the door, they grew taller and taller. In the end, they were all about nine feet tall.
Then, because Caspian was so wrapped up in his thoughts and forgot to hide, someone saw him. This guy was taller than the rest; so while he was a great lookout, he couldn't move very fast. This robber was around ten feet tall and was wearing jade colored armor. Once he spotted Caspian, the jade lookout yelled to his friends, "Look, a human! Grab him!" By the time the giant finished his sentence, Caspian was off and running. He took a quick glance backward and wished he hadn't.
For one thing, he was blinded by their bright light and the second was that five of the robbers gave their bulging sacks to the others and were soon gliding rapidly towards him. He turned around dazedly and started running away faster than before. Caspian replayed the events in his mind over and over as he was running. He replayed them so much, it felt he had been running for hours even though it had only been ten minutes.
Soon, he came to a street of empty, open-door, beach houses. They were all painted as though there were many artists, each with their own unique "flavoring". He couldn't run for much longer and the robbers were gaining ground, so he chose a house in the middle of the street. It looked like a giant had mixed corn cobs, grass, mud, and blood all together and dumped it onto the house. Caspian dug deep within his body for any amount of energy he could muster, burst into a full sprint to the house, and pelted through the door just as the chasers rounded the corner and had full view of the street.
The bandits raced down the street and stopped suddenly outside the giant's house. Caspian hid just behind the door so that he could hear them talking, but so they wouldn't see him. Next, after he got himself situated, he strained to hear them talking. The biggest robber was talking to one of his buddies that wore blood-red clothing.
"Ares, how could you let that child get away? You're one of the fastest here!"
"Yes, I might be the fastest but so are you, Poseidon. Anyways, since you are one of the big three, it is my duty to stay behind you in a chase."
"Yes, it is," nodded Poseidon, "but that boy was our main priority for it was he who saw us robbing the richest bank in this town. What I don't get, is why he was awake when Morpheus put all the humans to sleep?"
"Why don't we ask Morpheus then? If he can't give us a good reason, let’s drain his powers from him. We don't need his petty magic."
"Not now Ares. For now, we need to find the kid who can survive Morpheus's spells."
"And just how do you plan to do that, might I ask?"
"Athena, please give us your thoughts."
Athena then said, "There are five of us. There will be better chances if we send for more. Hermes, will you please send a message to Ra that we need more gods?"
Caspian's eyes grew wide when Athena mentioned this, for he finally figured out the puzzle. These strange people were gods, for that explained the dazzling light; and speed of which they possessed. Also, that was why he didn’t see anyone; Morpheus delivered all the humans into a deep sleep.
"Of course Athena," said Hermes.
Athena then said, "When Hermes leaves, two gods will go to both ends of the street blocking them off. Nemesis and I will do that. Poseidon and Ares will then search the houses, the first on the end of the street and work your way in so the child cant escape. Ok?"
"Lets go," said Hermes.
"Break!" Nemesis shouted.
After all that being said and done, they left to do their separate jobs. Caspian then walked silently upstairs for anything that would make a rope. When he got upstairs, he walked into the first room in the hallway to the left, towards the back of the house. In that room, he discovered two wooden deck chairs, a metal chest, and an oak wardrobe, He strode over to the wardrobe and pulled the wooden panels open expecting human clothes. Instead, he saw dazzling clothes radiating the same light that the gods did. He freaked and raced from the room and then downstairs. He was committed to running out the door until he remembered the gods that were coming up outside, the real ones. He slowly stepped up the stairs and into the room, and looked at the clothes. He then felt a sudden pull towards the weird clothes and through his trance, heard Ares and Poseidon tromping around downstairs. Caspian grabbed the clothes and slid them on, then he felt pure joy and bliss and comfort for a few seconds… then fainted.
When he came to, there were 4 humans leaning over him. "Wait a second," thought Caspian, "they arent human; they still have light around them but it is much duller than before." A head peered into view with stormy eyes and brown and grey hair and with a jolt, was recognized as Poseidon. The other 3 were the other 3 gods, Ares, Nemesis and Athena.
"Are you a backup?" asked Poseidon.
As Caspian looked down upon himself, he noticed he was also covered in the same brightness as the gods. He felt a searing heat in his hands and opened his hands to find a lightning bolt with explosives on the very end. "I'm, I'm not sure," replied Caspian finally. Just then, a feathery, angelic woman came, snapped Caspian up and brought him to a dark alley.
"Who are you?" asked Caspian.
"I am Dandela, a bird angel servant of the king of gods. My master wanted me to tell you answers to many mysteries. Go on, ask any question you desire."
"Why didn't the gods recognize me when I woke up?"
"It was because you were one of their brethren, the lightning god."
"But, Im not a god?" Yet deep down in, Caspian knew he was.
"When you put on the clothes you are wearing now, you fainted so that you could gather your new magic abilities. Next question, please."
"If I am really a god, is my name the same, or has it changed?"
"It has changed."
"Then what is my name?"
"Your new name is destined to be Zeus, the new king of the gods, the all powerful lightning god."
"Is that why I had a real lightning bolt?"
"Yes, it will appear whenever you need it from now on. Just say the words 'O lightning, come serve me faithfully' and it will come. Have a good life while you can Zeus and I will see you soon. But for now, I must leave."
"Wait don’t go! I still have a lot of questions to ask you!"
"And they will be answered in time Zeus. Let the future reveal itself when it wants to. Goodbye, future king." And with a snap, she left in a puff of feathers, leaving the newly named Zeus in the alley.
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