Spoken Word PoemI am The Lightning
You cannot tell me what I am You cannot tell me what I’m not I am what I decide for me I am what I decide to be. I am the Lightning I burn the brightest I can send shivers down your spine I pick what I strike I choose how I shine. No one tells the Lightning where to go How it sparks How to flow. If you think you have the right to tell Lightning “Hey, you can’t be what you are, you can do what you were made to do!” You better get inside because you’re about to see just what the Lightning can do. I’m more than just a massive electrostatic discharge between electrically charged regions within clouds I am the single flash of light during the middle of a storm The light slicing through the darkness A beautiful burst ready to take form. Shattering across the sky Thunder always on my back This is my mark My effect on this world. No one can tell me I am anything less Than the Lightning. |
My inspiration for this poem was everyone that's ever bossed me around, called me names, or told me I can't do something that I know I can. I'm proud to say that the words in that poem came from my thoughts. It's worth being in my curation because it's like a slap in the face to anyone who's ever doubted me. It was pretty difficult to start writing this, but once I got started and got an idea of where I wanted to go, there was no stopping me. I kept writing more, editing, and revising until I came out with the final product that I'm very proud of.
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My short story is definitely worth curation because I feel like I was able to create an inner look into the mind of someone going through a lot. What inspired me to write the short story (aside from having to for class) was actually a song. It's my interpretation of the story being told in Moments by One Direction. My story probably isn't at all what Ed Sheeran was getting at when he wrote it, but isn't art all about interpretation?
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Dreams
The other day in class, Mr. Kemp asked us if we knew what our long term goals were. Most people were saying like "Get an 80%" or "Get my story published." But the only thing that came into my head when he asked us wasn't for school, it was much more long-term than that. My thoughts immediately went to what I want for my life.
Most teenagers want an exciting and adventurous job. Not me. Some kids would say they want to be a firefighter, a police officer, an astronaut, or a lawyer. Interesting jobs like that. Most people would say what I want to do with my life is plain, maybe even boring. I really don't think it is. You see, I want to open my own bakery. As you can see with the pictures I've put with this post, I like to make some pretty intricate thing. And yes, I did make both of the things in the pictures. Quite a few people have doubted me when I said that I wanted to go to culinary school and take business classes. Even my mother asked me if I'm sure that's really what I want to do with my life and that maybe I should look up what the pay is. Honestly I don't care what the pay is. My cousin and I both want to be pastry chefs so her and I were planning on doing this together. Some people out there might think that I haven't put very much thought into this, when in actuality I've put a lot of thought into this. Enough thought that my entire high school electives for grades 11 and 12 are revolving around my dream. Financial accounting for both years, intro to entrepreneurship, I've taken or am taking all the foods courses available, I've spent countless amounts of time looking up different Universities in Canada that offer culinary programs and I've even decided I want to go to Niagara University. So although some people may say my dream is boring or even silly, it's what I want to do with my life. No matter what anyone says I've chose my dream and I'm sticking to it. |
Happy Mother's Day!
I'd like to start this post off by saying a very Happy Mother's Day to all those awesome moms out there!
My mom's awesome and I'm not going to pretend like I don't love her. It's hard to explain why my mom is so awesome, and obviously I fight with her sometimes, but what kind of teenage daughter would I be if I didn't? Like I said before, it's hard to explain all the reasons why my mom is so awesome, but one of the reasons why she's the best is because she's such a great role model. She never gave up on her dream. And by "never gave up", I mean never gave up! She literally just finished going back through university to become a midwife, something I remember her wanting to be since.... well, as far back as I can remember. She also just got a position at Cambridge Midwives, and that's pretty awesome if you ask me. My mom has proved to me that no matter how long it takes, your dreams can be achieved. This sounds so cliche, but it's true! I've witnessed first hand someone who knew what they wanted and refused to give up on it. And guess what? It paid off, big time! Next time I'm in a fight with my mom (I'm almost 16, of course there will be a next fight!) I'll never tell her she's a bad mom, because she isn't! My mom is awesome and I love her. |