Orange

by Adam Ruzicka

I am an orange a layer on the outside to protect the inside it can be sweet ,but sometimes sour

I wish I had invisibility going to places I need to be without people seeing me no worries about their thoughts I would be purple, mellow, and calm no need for awkward moments doing things how I want without others' taunts

Euphoria

by Yamilet

At a young age children all across America are taught about the dangers and side effects of drugs

That once you take them there is no going back

The drug will consume your thoughts every single second of the day until you give in to its temptations

It will cause you to do things you would never do in a sober state of mind

It will fill your body with anxiety

Yet you still manage to crave this drug more and more

Your mind knows it's not good for you yet you still yearn for it

In hopes it will bring you to a state of euphoria

In hopes it will make you feel something

Anything

So why is it that I still chase after you?

Why is it that I still yearn for your attention knowing it’ll do nothing but bring pain

Why is it that your sweet words plague my mind from the moment I wake up till the moment I close my eyes

Leaving my mind to wander to a world where you and I are meant to be

Why is it that I anxiously wait for you to notice me each day that passes by hoping to get a glimpse of your smile

Why is it that whenever we talk to each other you always manage to make my heart flutter a little

Why is it that whenever I'm around you

I feel like I’m in a state of euphoria

My mind knows you’re not good for me yet my body craves you

I still chase after you in hopes you can help me escape this cruel reality

Who knew I would succumb to this drug we call love.

I wonder by Erin Schwartz

I’ve always wondered what would happen

If one day I’d break the rules

If one day the sun stopped shining And the moon went dark.

What if someday

I’d be gone

And nobody would remember me.

What if someday I stop wishing I stop wanting

Maybe I have to try harder

Nobody remembers Nobody cares. I don’t care.

Yet, I still worry

I worry that maybe I’d finally be done with this And crack.

I’d fall apart and never come back, Swallowed into darkness, Without a goodbye