Bishop Canevin High School "The Oracle," Spring 2023

The Oracle

POETRY / ARTS / PHOTOGRAPHY / SHORT STORIES

SPRING 2023

BISHOP

CANEVIN HIGH SCHOOL

LetterfromEditor

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.

Contributors

Sierra Abb

Nick Adam

Aiyana Adzo

Luke Andru

Cooper Ans

Trinity Ans

Jade Baile

Stephen Ba

Josie Bochic

Katie Butch

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.

Louis Panza

Cooper Anselm

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

Lindsey Cable

VYLATOMACHESKY

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

DISNEY COMFORTS ME LIKE A MOTHER TO HER CHILD, DANCES AROUND ME WITH ITS UP LIFTING MUSIC, CALLING MY NAME EVEN WHEN I’M NOT THERE, WANTING ME TO COME BACK, WRAP P ING ITS WARM ARMS AROUND ME, FILLING ME WITH NOTHING BUT HAP P INESS, THE ONLY FRIEND I CAN COUNT ON ALWAYS BEING THERE TO CHEER ME UP

P EOP LE MAY SAY THIS IS ONLY A P LACE FOR CHILDREN ONLY FOR FAIRYTALES

J UST A P LACE FOR SILLY IMAGINATION, BUT I CALL THIS P LACE HOME

DISNEY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I’M TRULY A KID WITH NO RESP ONSIBILITIES

IT TAKES ME AWAY FROM ALL THE HARDSHIP S OF LIFE, MAKES ME FEEL SAFE AND P ROTECTED, NEVER BRINGS ME AN OUNCE OF SADNESS. DISNEY IS EX TRAORDINARY BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL THRILLING MAGICAL EX CITING.

AND IF I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT, I WOULD SAY IT’S

THE HAP P IEST P LACE ON EARTH

WALKING AROUND HEARING LAUGHTER AND EX CITEMENT NEVER FEELING A WORRY IN THE WORLD

A HOME AWAY FROM HOME

YUMMY FOODS AND THRILLING ATTRACTIONS

MY FAVORITE P LACE 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

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

Gianna Varley

Myra Gohring

Chloe Rovnak

Alexis Leppert-Bell

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.

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?

GettingOld

Doesitfreezelike

waterinthecold

Orbubbleandboil likewateronthe stove

Doesitspoillikemilk ormoldandturn

greenlikecheese?

Maybeitjustrotslike

anoldfruit

Ordoesitgrowinto somethingmore?

JaredGarth‘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

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

Alexis Leppert-Bell

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

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

u e n t i

M a c k e n z i e H u e t

Talia Williams

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

AIYANA ADZOGBA

ALLIE FOSTER

KATIE BUTCHER

EDEN LOCKWOOD MORRIS

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

JENNA NEIGHBORS

JOY LAURENSON

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

JULIANNAUMALIN