Bishop Canevin High School "The Oracle," Spring 2023

The Oracle POETRY / ARTS / PHOTOGRAPHY / SHORT STORIES

SPRING 2023

BISHOP CANEVIN HIGH SCHOOL

Letter from Editor

HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE 2023 EDITION OF THE BISHOP CANEVIN HIGH SCHOOL ORACLE. THE ORACLE IS OUR LITERARY MAGAZINE THAT SHOWCASES THE MANY TALENTS OF STUDENTS, WRITERS, AND ARTISTS. EACH SCHOOL YEAR, THE ORACLE PUBLISHES TWO VOLUMES OF POETRY, PHOTOGRAPHY, ART, AND SHORT STORIES FROM THE STUDENTS OF THE BISHOP CANEVIN COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING ALL THE CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE ISSUE OF THIS ORACLE. WITHOUT YOUR SUBMISSIONS AND PERMISSION TO USE YOUR CREATIVITY, THIS MAGAZINE WOULD NOT EXIST. YOUR COURAGE ALLOWS OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE BISHOP CANEVIN COMMUNITY TO WITNESS SUCH YOUNG AND CREATIVE MINDS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH FOR HER DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS. AS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIR, SHE ENCOURAGES EVERY STUDENT TO BECOME THEIR BEST SELVES. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO! THE COVER OF THIS PAGE IS A PICTURE I TOOK IN THE CAR RIDE HOME. I ALWAYS LOVE SUNSETS AND THIS PICTURE IS MY FAVORITE BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF RELAXING, STRESS-FREE TIMES.THIS PHOTO ALSO INSPIRES ME TO ALWAYS SEEK HOPE IN THE FUTURE AND TO BE THANKFUL FOR LIFE. THE ORACLE IS A GREAT WAY TO SEEK NEW ARTISTS AND CREATIVITY AROUND THE SCHOOL TO BE PUBLISHED. EDITING THIS YEAR’S ORACLE WAS VERY EXCITING WITH SO MUCH SKILL AND CREATIVITY IN THE SCHOOL. I HOPE YOU ENJOY ALL OF THE SPECIAL WORK CREATED BY OUR STUDENT BODY AS MUCH AS I DID. SEE YOU NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AS I WILL BE BACK BEING THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR EDITOR! ALSO GOOD LUCK TO THE SENIORS AS THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR DREAMS.

Editor

Julianna Umalin

Contributors Sierra Abbott ‘23 Nick Adamski ‘23 Aiyana Adzogba ‘26 Luke Andruscik ‘23 Cooper Anselm ‘26 Trinity Anselm ‘23 Jade Bailey ‘24 Stephen Baker ‘23 Josie Bochicchio ‘23 Katie Butcher’26 Matthew Butcher ‘26 Lindsey Cable ‘26 Patrick Connell ‘23 Amber Cross ‘23 Leyton Cypher ‘23 Geno DeFrank ‘23 Kiera Drecnik ‘26 Aaryn Edwards ‘25 Cali Evans ‘26 Allie Foster ‘26 Sean Frosell ‘25 Rylee Gabster ‘23 Ava Gaitens ‘23 Jared Garth ‘23 Dina Getchell ‘23 Myra Gohring ‘24 Addison Hillebrand ‘25 Mackenzie Huet ‘23 Natalie Kirsch ‘25 Keira Kozlowski ‘23

Joy Laurenson ‘25 Riley Lecker ‘25 Alexis Leppert-Bell ‘25 Jayden Lindsey ‘25 Eden Lockwood Morris ‘26 Emmie Maziarz ‘25 Tatyana McClellan ‘24 Bridget McNamara ‘25 Annaliese Mertz ‘23 Matt Mickle ‘25 Sydney Morningstar ‘24 Jenna Neighbors ‘26 Xavier Nelson ‘23 Louis Panza ‘23 Anthony Ratkowicz ‘23 Chloe Rovnak ‘26 Grace Ravenstahl ‘23 Evan Seitz ‘23 Susan Skindzier ‘25 Doug Sudor ‘23 Isabella Sysak ‘26 Emma Sysak ‘23 Vyla Tomachesky ‘26 Alexis Trischler ‘26 Julianna Umalin ‘24 Gianna Varley ‘26 TJ Wanamaker ‘25 Chloe Waxter ‘26 Talia Williams ‘25 Quentin White ‘24 Matthew Ziegler ‘26 Hannah Zurbola ‘25 Alexis Zurbola ‘23

Alexis Leppert-Bell

Hope Hope is a flame that burns so bright, A beacon in the darkest night It guides us through the stormy sea And fills our hearts with possibility.

With hope we face each new day And find the strength to pave our way For even when the road is long Hope keeps us moving, ever strong.

So hold onto hope with all your might And let it be your guiding light For with hope, all things are possible And life becomes truly beautiful.

Cooper Anselm

Louis Panza

Lindsey Cable

What happens to love deferred?

Does it go away like the sun each night?

Or thrive every day and then leave in spite?

Does it crack like an eggshell Or stay strong – like a warrior doing well?

Maybe it is wrong like a sin Or does it disappear?

Alexis Zurbola

VYLA TOMACHESKY PARADISE ON EARTH THE WARM SAND WRAPS AROUND ME THE WAVES PLAY MUSIC TO MY EARS THE SUN DANCES BRIGHTLY IN THE SKY THE CALM BREEZE HOWLS THROUGH THE UMBRELLAS THE SNOW CONES ARE CALLING MY NAME. SHARKS LURK IN THE DEEP BLUE WATERS THE CROWDED BEACH IS SHARED BY OTHERS THE INTENSE HEAT ON A SUMMER DAY WITH SUNBURN ON THE WAY THE WATERS ARE MY FAVORITE PLACE TO BOOGIE BOARD AND EXPLORE SURROUNDED BY THOSE YOU LOVE WHILE MEETING NEW ONES SUN-KISSED WITH A GOOD TAN THE WATER COOLS YOU OFF LIKE AN ICE COLD LEMONADE. RELAXING FUN PEACEFUL EXCITING BEAUTIFUL. THE CRABS CHASE AFTER MY FEET AT NIGHT ON THE SAND THE THRILL OF CATCHING A WAVE AND WASHING UP ON THE SAND THE SEAGULLS CHIRP AS I TOSS PRINGLES ON THE SAND FROM CHILDHOOD TO NOW, MY HOME IS ON THE OUTER BANKS SAND. NATALIE KIRSCH ‘25

WHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED? DOES IT GET FLATTENED LIKE A LEAF UNDER FOOT? OR FILL UP LIKE A BALLOON AND THEN EXPLODES WHEN TOO FULL OF AIR? DOES IT CRASH LIKE A SPEEDING CAR OR DIE AND SHRIVEL UP LIKE A FLOWERBED IN THE SUN? MAYBE IT JUST LIES LIMP LIKE A BODY OUT OF LIFE. OR DOES IT TURN FROM A TRICKLE TO A FLOOD? GRACE RAVENSTAHL ‘23

ISABELLA SYSAK

DISNEY COMFORTS ME LIKE A MOTHER TO HER CHILD, DANCES AROUND ME WITH ITS UPLIFTING MUSIC, CALLING MY NAME EVEN WHEN I’M NOT THERE, WANTING ME TO COME BACK, WRAPPING ITS WARM ARMS AROUND ME, FILLING ME WITH NOTHING BUT HAPPINESS, THE ONLY FRIEND I CAN COUNT ON ALWAYS BEING THERE TO CHEER ME UP. PEOPLE MAY SAY THIS IS ONLY A PLACE FOR CHILDREN, ONLY FOR FAIRYTALES, JUST A PLACE FOR SILLY IMAGINATION, BUT I CALL THIS PLACE HOME. DISNEY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I’M TRULY A KID WITH NO RESPONSIBILITIES. IT TAKES ME AWAY FROM ALL THE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE, MAKES ME FEEL SAFE AND PROTECTED, NEVER BRINGS ME AN OUNCE OF SADNESS. DISNEY IS EXTRAORDINARY BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL THRILLING MAGICAL EXCITING. AND IF I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT, I WOULD SAY IT’S THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH WALKING AROUND, HEARING LAUGHTER AND EXCITEMENT, NEVER FEELING A WORRY IN THE WORLD A HOME AWAY FROM HOME YUMMY FOODS AND THRILLING ATTRACTIONS MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD.

HANNAH ZURBOLA ‘25

FAST QUICK, RAPID FLYING, SPRINTING, RUNNING SWIFT, NIMBLE, UNHURRIED, SLUGGISH WALKING, STROLLING, CRAWLING LETHARGIC, GRADUAL SLOW NATALIE KIRSCH’25

VICTORY TRIUMPHANT, GLORIOUS REJOICING, WINNING, CELEBRATING CHAMPION, VICTOR, LOSER, FAILURE DEFEATING, FAILING, DECLINING FUTILE, INSUFFICIENT DEFEAT TJ WANAMAKER ‘25

LAUGH HAPPY, JOLLY SMILE, GIGGLE, GRIN CACKLE, SNICKER, WEEP, SCREAM SOB, WHIMPER, BAWL SAD, DEPRESSED CRY EMMIE MAZIARZ ‘25

Alexis Trischler

Isabella Sysak

Myra Gohring

COOPER ANSELM

PITTSBURGH IRON CITY THE 412 PARIS OF APPALACHIA CITY OF BRIDGES THE BURGH. SOME MIGHT SAY CITY OF POLLUTION OR THAT IT IS CLUTTERED WITH TRAFFIC. PEOPLE MIGHT COMMENT ON THE HIGH CRIME RATES OR THE CLOUDY WEATHER. BUT PITTSBURGH IS MORE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE. PITTSBURGH IS LIKE A BIG VILLAGE; FAMILIES STAY HERE FOR GENERATIONS. IT’S AFFORDABLE TO LIVE IN AND HAS SO MANY SIGHTS TO SEE. PITTSBURGH HAS MR. ROGERS, OVER 400 BRIDGES, PRIMANTI BROTHERS, AND AMAZING VIEWS. CLOUDY BEAUTIFUL BUSTLING COSMOPOLITAN PICTURESQUE PITTSBURGH IS BEAUTIFULLY BRILLIANT WITH ITS CHARMING CUMULUS AND CIRRUS CLOUDS IT IS A CITY WITH MULTIPLE MARVELOUS MOUTHWATERING PLACES TO EAT AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IS A HAPPY, HEARTY, HIGHQUALITY CITY TO LIVE IN. SUSAN SKINDZIER ‘25

Alexis Leppert-Bell

Myra Gohring

Chloe Rovnak

Gianna Varley

What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it light up in your mind like stars in the sky?

Or does it skip away quickly before it can say bye?

Does it sway like a tree or does it sink down deep like an anchor in the sea?

Maybe it just wanders like a child at the park, Or maybe it gets lost in the dark.

Josie Bochicchio ‘23

Jade Bailey Constellation Maybe it was the constellations Maybe it was the stars That made me think we could’ve been Now I’m out here lost in space Still looking for the constellation that leads to you.

Sydney Morningstar

Dina Getchell ‘23

Peace Tranquil, Untroubled Restful, Calm, Stability Harmony, Amity, War, Conflict Discord, Mayhem, Disorder Clamor, Anarchy Chaos Aaryn Edwards ‘25 THE SHOT LITTLE TIME REMAINS IN THE BIG GAME ONE LAST SHOT DETERMINES WIN OR LOSS I HAVE THE BALL PRAYING THE SHOT WILL FALL TO WIN THE BIG GAME AND GAIN ALL THE FAME I GO TO SHOOT HOPING IT GOES THROUGH IT GOES IN! WE GET THE WIN! LOUIS PANZA ‘23

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE DREAMING? IS IT JUST BLANK LIKE YOU’RE FLOATING IN SPACE? OR ARE YOU STUCK AND ALONE YOU CAN’T LEAVE? DOES IT MAKE YOU WANT TO CRY OR DO YOU FEEL HAPPY, LIKE A GOOD MEMORY? MAYBE IT’S SCARY LIKE YOU HAVE FAILED OR IT’S NOT A DREAM? TRINITY ANSELM ‘23

Getting Old Does it freeze like water in the cold Or bubble and boil like water on the stove Does it spoil like milk or mold and turn green like cheese?

Maybe it just rots like an old fruit Or does it grow into something more?

Jared Garth ‘23

PRAYERS I’M GOING THROUGH A LOT I CAN’T KEEP UP THIS FAÇADE THEN I HAD A THOUGHT I CAN PRAY TO GOD. HE SHOWS ME MERCY I’VE NEVER FELT BETTER NO NEED TO WORRY I’VE CHANGED FOREVER. LOUIS PANZA ‘23

SPACE I ASKED YOU FOR SPACE SO YOU GAVE ME THE WHOLE SKY AND NEVER RETURNED DINA GETCHELL ‘23

Alexis Leppert-Bell

Sydney Morningstar

Cali Evans

Tatyana McClellan

WHAT HAPPENS TO PASSION DEFERRED? WILL IT FADE LIKE COLORS SITTING IN THE SUN? OR BOIL LIKE HOT LAVA AND THEN ERUPT? WILL IT GROW LIKE MOLD OR BECOME STALE LIKE BREAD DOES? MAYBE IT WILL FERMENT LIKE WINE IN A CELLAR OR WILL IT EXPLODE? AMBER CROSS ‘23

WHAT HAPPENS TO A PASSED ON LOVED ONE? ARE THEY NOT REMEMBERED LIKE A DREAM FROM YOUR SLUMBER? OR DO THEY WATCH OVER US LIKE A GUARDIAN ANGEL? DO THEY LEAVE BEHIND A LEGACY OR ARE THEY FORGOTTEN LIKE A STRANGER ON THE STREET? MAYBE THEY JUST PASS, ALONE AND DISTRESSED, OR DO THEIR SOULS LIVE ON? EMMA SYSAK ‘23

WHAT HAPPENS TO A FLIGHTLESS BIRD? DO ITS WINGS SHRIVEL UP LIKE A NEGLECTED FLOWER? OR DOES THE BIRD GIVE UP – A WAITING MEAL TO DEVOUR? DOES IT FALL INTO THE OCEAN WHERE A GLIMMER OF HOPE IS BUT A CYNICAL NOTION? OR DOES IT LEARN TO SWIM? ANNALIESE MERTZ ‘23

WHAT HAPPENS TO A FORGOTTEN MEMORY? DOES IT WITHER LIKE FLOWERS IN THE COLD? OR RUST LIKE FORGOTTEN METAL AND THEN CRUMBLE? DOES IT STINK LIKE GASOLINE? OR HARDEN AND CAKE OVER LIKE WET MUD? MAYBE IT JUST CRUMBLES LIKE A BUILDING LOST TO TIME OR DOES IT SHATTER? ANTHONY RATKOWICZ IV ‘23

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LOVE BLOSSOMS? DOES IT BREED HAPPINESS LIKE GETTING A PUPPY ON CHRISTMAS DAY? OR DOES IT WITHER AWAY AND FALL TO ASHES? DOES IT HURT THE ONES INVOLVED? OR CURE THE PAIN IN THEIR SOULS LIKE A WARM HUG? MAYBE IT FAILS LIKE A TEST OR DOES IT SUCCEED AND BRING THE BEST? EVAN SEITZ ‘23

WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE WITH ANXIETIES? ARE THEY GIVEN ENOUGH LOVE LIKE A MOTHER WITH HER NEWBORN? ARE THEY PROTECTED LIKE A BEAR WITH HER CUBS? ARE THEY SHOWN PATIENCE LIKE A TEACHER WITH A STUDENT OR ARE THEY TURNED AWAY LIKE AN UNWANTED THOUGHT? DO THEY SUFFER ALONE IN THEIR THOUGHTS LIKE A PERSON SECLUDED FROM THE WORLD OR DO THEY FIND PEACE? KEIRA KOZLOWSKI ‘23

SPORTS TO COPE SPORTS ARE LIFE THEY CAN HELP YOU IN TIMES OF BEING DOWN THROWING IN HEADPHONES AND SHOOTING HOOPS TO RELAX AND CHILL LOOKING THE PITCHER IN THE EYE PRETENDING THE BASEBALL IS THE BULLIES AT SCHOOL TRYING TO HIT IT AS HARD AS POSSIBLE WATCHING THE PIGSKIN FLY OFF OF A FOOT IN THE NIGHT SKY WITH THE FIELD LIGHTS SHINING BRIGHT READY TO HIT THE CLOSEST PERSON TO YOU SPORTS TO COPE THEY HELP WITH THE BAD TIMES AND THEY MAKE THEM GOOD TIMES FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAMES. LUKE ANDRUSCIK ‘23

TATYANA MCCLELLAN

TALIA WILLIAMS

PITTSBURGH FROM THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS TO THE IRON AND STEEL CITY THE BURGH, AND THE 412 AND FINALLY THE CITY OF BRIDGES. IT’S SAID THAT YOU CAN BE CONFUSED AND LOST BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGES, FOR I HAVE EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF. I HEARD IT CAN BE WICKED AS PITTSBURGH HAS A HIGH CRIME RATE. AND IT’S A STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT ON TIME AS THE TRAFFIC IS HECTIC. WITH SO MUCH NEGATIVITY, I WILL SHOW YOU POSITIVITY. WE ARE THE CITY OF CHAMPIONS AS WE ARE LIKE AN EMPIRE, OUR HISTORY BEING RICH AND DEEP. MIGHTY, STRONG WINNERS BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING. YINZ BEING HAPPY AND YINZ WATCHING GREATNESS FOR EVERYONE IS A YINZ IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, AS YINZ WILL BE FOREVER. JAYDEN LINDSEY ‘25

WHEN ONE LOOKS INSIDE THEMSELVES, WHAT DO THEY SEE? SOMEONE THEY ARE PROUD OF OR SOMETHING THEY WOULD RUN FROM? IS IT SOMEONE THEY WOULD DIE FOR OR IS IT A THING THEY BELIEVE IS DUMB? DO THEY BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES OR DO THEY TURN AWAY IN FEAR? DO THEY LIE TO THEMSELVES? DO THEY FACE THE TRUTH AND BATTLE THE FEAR? OR DO THEY JUST STEER CLEAR? DOUG SUDOR ‘23 WHERE DOES THE WIND BLOW? DOES IT EVER STOP OR SINK LIKE A STONE OR A ROCK? OR FLY ABOVE LIKE A LITTLE FLOCK? DOES IT STOP SHORT LIKE A CAR OUT OF GAS? DOES THE NOISE EVER END? OR DO THE VOCALS PASS? OR NEVER ENDS AND ALWAYS LASTS EXCEPT NOTHING ALWAYS LASTS. LEYTON CYPHER ‘23

Mackenzie Huet Quentin White

Talia Williams

CALI EVANS

CHILDHOOD INEXPERIENCED, INNOCENT PLAYING, ASKING, TALKING BABY, CHILD, TEENAGER, ADULT WORKING, THINKING CLEANING MATURE, RESPONSIBLE ADULTHOOD JAYDEN LINDSEY ‘25

LIFE FLOURISH, SPIRITED NOURISHING, SHINING, LOVING ENERGY, LIVELINESS, LOSS, DESPAIR GRIEVING, MOURNING, WEEPING GLOOMY, SORROWFUL DEATH MATT MICKLE ‘25 HOT FIERY, SPICY SWEATING, BURNING, BOILING HEAT, FIRE, FROSTBITE, SNOW FREEZING, CHILLING, NUMBING COOL, FRIGID COLD BRIDGET MCNAMARA ‘25

WHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED? DOES IT MELT AND DRIP, DRIP, DRIP AWAY, LIKE A POPSICLE ON A BLISTERING DAY? OR DOES IT TRY AND TRY TO SWIM TO GET TO THE SURFACE BUT GETS CAUGHT IN A WHIRLPOOL AND JUST CAN’T WIN? OR DOES IT FADE, WAITING FOR THE DAY – THAT THIS DREAM COULD BE MADE? OR DOES IT JUST SIGH AND SIT, THINKING ---COULD THIS BE IT? AVA GAITENS ‘23

LOVE WARM, COMPASSIONATE ADORING, ADMIRING, TREASURING FONDNESS, LONGING, CONTEMPT, DETEST LOATHING, DISDAINING, DISAPPROVING HOSTILE, ENMITY HATE RILEY LECKER ‘25

SLEEPING BEAUTY THERE ONCE WAS A PRINCESS SO FAIR OF PALE SKIN AND GOLDEN HAIR BUT SHE DIDN’T KNOW IT, SHE COULDN’T SHOW IT, FOR MALEFICENT HAD DONE HER SHARE. WHEN THE PRINCESS WAS A CHILD, EVER SO MEEK AND MILD THE WICKED FAIRY CAME AND CURSED HER SWEET NAME BUT THE BABY JUST SMILED. THE GOOD FAIRIES TOOK HER TO THEIR WOODS HOME FOREVER. THERE SHE WOULD BE HIDDEN WITH NO CARES TO BE GIVEN, THOUGH HER PARENTS COULD SEE HER NEVER. THEIR YEARS TOGETHER WERE TAME, NO TROUBLE, TO THEM, CAME. THE FATEFUL DEATH WAS STOPPED, OR SO THEY HAD THOUGHT. WHAT A SHAME! THE PRINCESS WAS CURSED ON HER 16TH BIRTHDAY TO SLEEP. DREAM AND SLUMBER OH SO DEEP. ONLY A KISS COULD SAVE THE LITTLE MISS, BUT MALEFICENT HAD HER PRINCE TO KEEP HE WAS LOCKED IN A CELL, UNDER A SPELL. THE WICKED FAIRY KEPT HIM THERE SO THAT FOR THE PRINCESS FAIR THINGS WOULD NOT END SO WELL. MALEFICIENT WAS SCARED THAT HER PLAN WOULD BE IMPAIRED SHE WANTED TO KNOW, FOR HER SAKE, THAT THE PRINCESS WOULD SURELY NEVER WAKE SO SHE THREW THE PRINCE DOWN THE STAIRS. THE PRINCE WOULD NEVER SAVE THE GIRL, THE GOOD FAIRIES WOULD NEVER AGAIN SEE HER DANCE AND TWIRL. SHE WAS STUCK WITH HER CURSE. HER PRINCE WAS IN A HEARSE, AND THE KINGDOM COULD DO NOTHING BUT HURL. GRACE RAVENSTAHL ‘23

AIYANA ADZOGBA

ALLIE FOSTER

KIERA DRECNIK

MYRA GOHRING

ALEXIS TRISCHLER

KATIE BUTCHER

EDEN LOCKWOOD MORRIS

MATTHEW ZIEGLER

DISASTER I DO NOT KNOW MY SITUATION EVERYTHING IS EVERYWHERE. I’M LOST IN THE DUST ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION. THERE IS RAIN IN MY EYES; ALL I FEEL IS FRUSTRATION. MY CLOTHES ARE ALL WET AND THEY SMELL LIKE MUST I DO NOT KNOW MY SITUATION. I HEAR PEOPLE YELLING, BUT WHAT IS THEIR NOTION? I CAN BARELY HEAR THEIR VOICES, BUT CAN’T GIVE THEM MY TRUST. ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION. THE CLOUDS IN THE SKY ARE IN A DARK FORMATION. THE FORCE KNOCKS ME DOWN. I’M LOST IN THE GUST. I DO NOT KNOW MY SITUATION. THE VOICES ARE LOUDER, BUT THEY LACK ANY ELATION. I HAVE TO RUN. I CANNOT ADJUST. ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION. THE STORM JUST APPEARED WITHOUT CAUSATION. I CANNOT SEE. THE RAIN IS LIKE SAWDUST. I DO NOT KNOW MY SITUATION. ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE TO PROCEED WITH CAUTION. NICK ADAMSKI ‘23

ATTACHED AT THE HIP WHERE YOU GO, I GO. WE ARE LIKE MAGNETS ON MOM’S REFRIGERATOR. YOU MAKE ME LAUGH. I CHEER YOU UP WHEN YOU ARE DOWN. WHAT MORE COULD A PERSON NEED? YOU ARE STUCK WITH ME. DON’T YOU SEE? YOUR FRIENDSHIP MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. MACKENZIE HUET ‘23

HIS LOVE-FILLED HEART WAS DIAPHANOUS AND HERS WAS IN LOVE WITH HIS. THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS TRULY EVERYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE. IT WAS JUST TWO BEAUTIFUL SOULS THAT ARE IN ATTACHMENT. SIERRA ABBOTT ‘23

DREAMING OF FLOWERS FLOWERS, OH FLOWERS, AND ALL OF THE PRETTIEST STEMS GLORY TO THE BEAUTY OF NATURE THAT NEVER ENDS A WORLD OF COLOR THAT TRULY EXTENDS. PETALS, SOFT LIKE A BLANKET THEY BLOOM, SO VIBRANT, I JUST WANNA YANK IT. WITH EACH GENTLE BREEZE, THEY SWAY AND DANCE A WORLD FULL OF COLORS THEY ENHANCE. DAISIES, ROSES, LILIES, AND MORE EACH ONE, THE BEAUTY THAT WE ADORE AND FIELDS OF GRASS, THEY BLOOM AND SPROUT THEIR BEAUTY IS A SIGHT THAT WE CAN’T HANDLE WITHOUT. FLOWERS, OH FLOWERS, SYMBOL OF BEAUTY THE GIFT FROM NATURE, OH EVER SO PRETTY A FRAGRANCE THAT LIGHTS EVERYONE’S HEART WITH JOY WONDERFUL SIGHT THAT NO ONE CAN DESTROY. RYLEE GABSTER ‘23

JOY LAURENSON

JENNA NEIGHBORS

CHLOE WAXTER

NATURE’S VEIL WALK OUT MY DOOR; ALL I SEE IS GREEN THE TREES, THE BUSHES, THE GRASS. THEY STOOD OUT AND LOOKED SO CLEAN COULD GRAB ATTENTION OF ANY CLASS. COULD FLIP A FROWN INTO A SMILE FELT LIKE I WAS A KING WEARING MY CROWN BEST I’VE FELT IN AWHILE. I FELT THE WORLD IN MY HAND SO MUCH POWER YET SO MUCH STRESS SO MUCH ON MY MIND, IT WAS TOO MUCH TO STAND THOUGHT LIFE WAS CHECKERS BUT TO ME IT WAS CHESS WANTED TO JUST BE BACK WALKING ON SIMPLE GRASS WHERE EVERYTHING WAS A SIMPLE MASS. GENO DEFRANK ‘23 TREASURING LIFE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE LAY A TREE HE GLANCED OUT AT THE WORLD BEYOND THE YARD HE SAT THERE AS HAPPY AS CAN BE HIS LIFE WAS SIMPLE AND NOWHERE NEAR HARD. HE WATCHED AS BIRDS FLEW ACROSS THE SKY HE WATCHED AS A RABBIT RAN ON THE GROUND HE SAW NATURE PASS BY HE ENJOYED EVERYTHING AROUND. HE STOPPED SEEING THE ANIMALS AROUND HE SAW AS THE SUN WENT AWAY HE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND HE FROWNED HE KNEW IT WAS THE END OF THE DAY HE FELT WEAK AND BEGAN TO WEEP THEN HE FELL OVER IN HIS SLEEP. STEPHEN BAKER ‘23

WENN SIE STERBEN EIN ANDERER WACHT AUF AM GESTADE DER VERGESSENHEIT UND WARTET DARAUF, DASS ICH IHN ÜBERFÜHRE AUF DIE TOTENINSEL UM DIE EWIGKEIT IM ZUPRESSENHAIN ZU VERBRINGEN UND EIN ANDERER WACHT AUF. WHEN THEY DIE ANOTHER ONE WAKES UP ON THE SHORE OF OBLIVION WAITING FOR ME TO FERRY HIM TO THE ISLE OF THE DEAD TO SPEND ETERNITY IN THE CYPRESS GROVE AND ANOTHER WAKES UP PATRICK CONNELL ‘23 TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE YOU HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH YOURSELF. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE TO STRIVE TO BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD; YOU CAN’T LIMIT YOURSELF. IF YOU SAY YOU CAN’T, YOU WON’T. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE TO FAIL. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE TO MAKE MISTAKES AND GET THINGS WRONG. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE TO LEARN NEW THINGS. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU NEED TO BE POSITIVE. TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU HAVE TO PERSEVERE THROUGH DIFFICULTIES. XAVIER NELSON ‘23

JULIANNA UMALIN