Silk

by Addie

I am the
Wind that howls
At night.
I am the
Earth
That you leap across.
I am the
Fire
That paints the cave
A golden red.
I am the
Water
That walks
The planets.
I spread a shining blue blanket
Around the world.
I dress in a beautiful ivy green dress.
I covet the stars to dance.

I know what has been.
I see the past,
The present,
And future.
I hold Peace and War.
I am what keeps you awake at Night,
What keeps you wondering.
I feel
What has been felt.
Waves crashing
Against the
Cold stony Shore
And the warm sand.
Past and Time are held in precious sands of mine.
When I look above
There sits alone
The Moon.
It looks back down at me
With a heart full of wonder
And enchantment.
I watch and wait.
There I sit alone
With nothing to accompany me but tears,
The silky sea,
And the stars.

Space

by Barry.

I see my eyes wandering into the sky.
I hear my ears flowing through time.
I feel my hand eating away at space.
I can taste the moon.
I can even smell it.
I float endlessly through the sky.
There is no such thing as time
As I soar through space.
Going to the moon,
This is it.

I Am

by Betsy

I am the fire that holds the flame of life.
I am water splashing against the barriers of my mind.
I am who I am.
I am the sun who shines light on opportunities.
I am the moon that keeps my thoughts on the ground.
I am who I am.
I am an artist like a rainbow that paints the sky.
I am addicted to books like a moth to a blaze.
I am who I am,
I am a baker who perfects then moves on.
I am a companion who sticks up for friends.
I am who I am.
I am me.

I think

by Connor.

I save humans from danger and money
Like a fish swimming through underwater caves.

I fear trees, breaking branches, making me fall,
Growing underneath dirt, making it harder to climb.

I swim through wind on my bike,
The breeze flowing in my face
Like the wind is calling me.

I rocket blast to other planets
To seek for minerals,
Revel achievements.

I soar through clouds
To reach our terminal,
And to view our grandparents.

Everything

by Emmy

I am the sun peeking out from the clouds
Like cats in the dark.
I am night hiding behind the moon,
A worm in the ground.
I am a star brightening the night,
A lamp in your room.
I am the clouds covering the day
Like covers that surround a bed.
I am a bird shadowing the sun,
A boat in the water.
I am the trees swaying in the wind.
I am the water shining from the light.
I am wind pulling branches off trees.
I am life thriving on the earth.
I am space making life.
I am the universe controlling space.
I am the world conquering us.
I am nothing, being everything, forsaking opportunity.

We Are

by Macy.

We are the gravity around the earth.
We are the heart that pounds in the body.
We are the air that humans breathe.
We are stripes to the training tiger.
We are the bone to the battling dog.
The heat of the sun and the light of the moon,
The bright of the stars and the fright of the kids.

We are the king's queen and princess’s prince.
We are the pen’s ink and the candle’s flame.
We are the cacti of the desert and the fish of the sea.
We are the bread’s butter and the jelly to the peanut butter.
We are the love of the heart and the flamingo’s shrimp.
The roller coaster’s scream and the candy bar’s jelly bean,
The inventor’s dream and the laser’s beam.

We are the check of checkmate.
We are the new of New York.
We are the old of old fashion.
The snail’s slime and the nickel’s dime,
The clock’s time and the lemon’s lime.

We are the hope of hopeful.
We are the wonder of wonderful.
We are the fear of fearless.
We are the luck of lucky.
The name of nameless and
The known of the unknown.

Everything

by Theo

I hear sounds.
I see life: epic, sweet, magical.
I pretend I could be invisible.
“I know everything,” I said at the beginning of the year
But thoughts like wind come and go
And twirl around in my head.
I want to catch the goldfish in the pond
That eats algae and not my bait.
It’s huge and shiny like bronze pennies.
I have a dog that rips off squirrels’ heads.
I wonder how it would be to live forever.

Coveting the Stars: Poems from Upper El