One lonely star,
sticks out from the rest
like a permanent scar
that puts me to the test
I sit on the hard ground
as I begin to be hypnotized
suddenly I hear a loud sound
but I have quickly come to realize...
That it is all in my head
I turn back to the light
and wish that starving people were fed
and that the blind gained their sight
I put my hand to my heart
as I finally begin to cope
with all the good things bound to start
and signs of peaceful hope.
-Kaleena Marquez
WRITINGS ON THE MIRROR
I look at my reflection,
and all I see is red.
For someone has taken lipstick
and written all over the mirror.
They are all incriminating marks
that scar me deep inside.
For I have never seen these types of signs.
Just looking at it makes me
full of grief and sorrow.
They wrote it because they are racist
and really rude but there is
nothing I can do to stop this.
They are all so much older than me
but yet so very dumb.
Because they do not see
what the stupid writings on the mirror have done.
People just stare wide-eyed with fear
as they see the racist sign someone put on my mirror.
I don't know what it means but when I find out.
I will just turn the other check without a single
doubt.
-Kaleena Marquez