Lines in the Sand
...What is madness
if not the body’s way of crying out,
“Enough.”
It’s not betrayal;
it’s a retreat—a firebreak.
When the world turns unbearable,
the mind bows to its own mercy.
It draws a line...
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Categories:
firebreak, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
What have we done to Generation Z?
...What have we done to Generation Z?
Left them huge debts, who could break free?
Inflated the currency, raised every price
If you like your kids, how was that nice?
Playgrounds turned into pixela...
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Categories:
firebreak, america, betrayal, childhood, children,
Form: Lyric
Firebreak
...I never needed you to save me,
‘Defy’ is what I was built on;
Personify fierce and courage
goodbye to every line drawn;
Shake up the entire foundation
take what you work hard for;
Rattl...
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Categories:
firebreak, courage, emotions, feelings,
Form: Lento
Mirror Stares At Me
...I’ve waited for a lifetime
Waited for smile like an end rhyme
I’ve listened a lot
Listened to voices that made me hot
I’ve lost enough
lost hope and mostly peace
I’ve climbed so high
Cli...
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Categories:
firebreak, 12th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Couplet
Fredrick - September 12, 1979
...He was coming.
He was coming fast.
He was coming to pay us a visit.
A brooding, lethal monster 30 miles out.
He was coming straight at us
and nothing or no one could stop him
Our house was on...
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Categories:
firebreak, house, natural disasters, weather,
Form: Narrative