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Jan 2012 Joe Picardi

Alex L

I feel
Confidence,
excitement,
thrill...
then I must endure
Nerves,
sweat,
nausea...
finally
A rush,
a charge,
stimulation...
ecstasy*

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Jan 2012 Joe Picardi

Definition of Life

Jan 2012 Joe Picardi

Alex L

Definition of Life

So many things,
so little time

Life is a beautiful ride

Take along the ones you love,
and even ones you don't.

Enjoy it,
it's short, and
sweet.
Don't fret over things,
and miss a beat.

Live every day,
don't worry about tomorrow,
always try and say

Life is a beautiful ride

Count your blessings,
they are there,
look around you,
everywhere.

Do what makes YOU happy,
for *Life is a beautiful ride

Jan 2012 Joe Picardi

Set Your Priorities Straight.

Jan 2012 Joe Picardi

Cece

Set Your Priorities Straight.

.                                                                                                                                                                               Inhale
Your eyelids heavily weigh down.
A warm, calming sensation
is passed throughout your entire body.
                                                                                                                                                                               Exhale
Feel the gravitational pull
on your limbs.
Focus on sensory details;
the scratchiness of the tag on your shirt,
your matted hair.
Feel your toes naturally resting
against one another,
and the warmth of everything around you.
                                                                                                                                                         Take a deep breath.
Look around you.
Do you notice yourself smiling?
Well, you should.

You should smile because
you are here.
You are alive and well.
and you are here.
                                                                                                                                                                Keep breathing.
This is real.
You, are real.
And this? This is reality.
& If that isn't something to smile about -
then I don't know what is.


                                                                                                                                                    You are so lucky to exist.

Jan 2012 Joe Picardi

The Choice is Yours

Jan 2012 Joe Picardi

Cece

The Choice is Yours

Sluggishly you frump to school
passing by people
whose faces you'll soon forget.
      They don't matter,
don't waste your time.
            tick tock.

You go to practice
your meeting
rehearsal.
      Whatever it is
you group yourself in
to feel like you belong.
      And for what else?
To look good on a college application
maybe; the motions of it
are the only thing
that matters.
Paying attention, making memories
is not traditional thought process.
How will that look on a transcript?
            tick tock.

You mindlessly drive home
not paying attention
to the miniscule details
of the nature around you.
      It doesn't directly effect you
so you see no point in admiring it.
what's the need?
            tick tock.

You lock yourself in your room
and open the books
that surrounded you
for seven hours already today
and work for two or three more
hours of your precious evening.
      You do it because
that's what is expected of you.
      Monotonous efforts that someday
you will be unable to recall.
            tick tock.

                          When was the last time you have done something
                                  that you will be able to vividly remember
                                                      years from now?

You are
wasting
your
time.
                                                                                                                                                            Go. *Live.

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