The Little Figurine
by Katherine Cavazos
There once was a ballerina
That started out as a boy
Though her body was that of a soldier
She knew she was meant for more
So, every night when her creator slept
She’d change a piece of herself
Swapping boots to ballet flats
Being her own ballerina on her little shelf
But the next morning the creator would wake
And show confusion you see
For how could a soldier be a ballerina?
That’s just not how it was meant to be
So, he would remove the tutu around her waist
And put the rifle back in her hand
Not knowing it would shatter her heart
That her true self couldn’t make a stand
Then one night
The ballerina had tried to leave her shelf
Wanting to find a new home
Wanting to be herself
But she didn’t realize how high she was
Way above the ground
And accidentally lost her footing
Tumbling all the way down
The next day the creator woke
Shocked at what he saw
For how could the little figurine be broken
When it was his best creation of all?
He then decided to start anew
And melt the broken glass down
But as he started on the soldier
He hesitated, then changed his plan
Once the figurine was complete
The creator smiled to himself
Knowing now that the soldier was to be a ballerina
And that’s what she was on her little shelf
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The World as We Knew It
by Dorian Fitzgerald
The world is a place where dreamers go to get lies filled and truths dismissed.
Cold and hot when it wants to be and alone when you need someone to listen.
What is the point of growing the life you want on a place that doesn’t seem fit?
When you think of the planets in the universe, there’s so many you could visit
It would take you at least three to six lifetimes to make one trip
But even though Elon might be close to that journey in search of the unknown
There is too much left in the air about what the next planet we’ll be able to call home
Do you ever notice the details about the ground you walk on or even those bumps in the roads?
Maybe not until you trip and get hurt or roll over that bump too hard and get your car towed
How about when you look into the body of the sky?
Do you notice that smoggy air that is being pumped into the atmosphere from a random factory nearby?
You breathe and breathe that ‘fresh’ air and then cough because the air quality is so dry
Or do you like to pretend like it was never there in the first place or that you didn’t see
All because it wasn’t trending on social media like Kim and Kanye's divorce in the past week?
Yeah....Earth is a great place to be
Water that is home to millions of creatures that wash up to the surface because they can't breathe.
Burning brush of trees that stood confident and strong
The rush of water to the inferno of a forest that was once quiet and calm.
Streets becoming trash bins for those who didn’t see the trash can
Rubbish on top of rubbish in landfills where all those millions you once spent went.
Don’t forget about the gas that keeps going up in price
Driving while killing living things in the environment was never alright.
CO2 causing the ice melts to heat
Polar bears starving because they have nothing else to eat.
Water and food soon to be ripped from our mouths as well
The longer the soil continues to eroded we will be uncertain of what to do
But who knows, only time can tell.
So those bananas and avocados that you feel are too ugly for your taste
You might want to reconsider just throwing it away. Fossil fuels set this world ablaze
But all we can think about is what celebrity tea to talk about today.
Yes. I know, I know, just like you I have made my fair share of mistakes.
From leaving lights on when I know I’ll fall asleep
To turning up the gas because I’m ‘freezing’.
But these accidents have a high price to pay
And we need to stop and realize before it is too late.
You all have probably have heard the many ways to save Mother Earth
I used to hear it so much in school I could have gone berserk.
But these are real things we need to do so we don’t end up moving out of Earth soon.
Now that there’s a pandemic life has been turned all the way from upright to upside down
But the environment is still here even if we barely see it now Nonetheless we have to take a genuine vow.
The world is a place where dreamers go to get lies filled and truths dismissed.
Cold and hot when it wants to be and alone when you need someone to listen.
However, this world has life growing on it and we still need to love and cherish it.
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