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My
name is Kaitlin McCaffrey. I've attended Writing Club for 4 years. Over
the years, I've learned many things about poetry and about writing. But
I've also learned to listen and learned to see. This was my last year here
and I've put my thoughts about graduation onto paper. |
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United We Will Stand, Divided We Will Fall |
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A devastation occurred in our world,
A story of tragedy began to unfurl.
It started with a plane crash in good ole' NYC,
And ended with terrorists making people flee.
They hit Washington, they hit PA,
And now this memory in our minds will stay.
People terrified, running through the streets,
Terrorists sitting back thinking they're elite.
They thought they'd crumble the US of A,
But unlike those buildings, we're here to stay.
Many people lost their lives, all because of them,
They had no choice, the terrorists had them condemned.
Even though it's so far away, it really did hit home,
That pain and suffering in our world, always still will roam.
What is wrong with our planet, have the people all gone mad,
For them you'd think acts of destruction were just a fad.
A silly game, nothing more, that's all it means to you,
But for me it's so much more, seeing what you can do.
In times like these we must be united,
Be the bigger man and try to fight it.
And so you've just heard the plea of a US bred kid indeed,
But like the rest of you, I will unite and help lead.
Please stop the war and please stop the hate,
Keep the world together for everyone's sake. |
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Graduation Reflections |
In a shroud of loneliness
I walk these hallowed halls;
Once were loud and now wrapped in silence,
I think of my fellows' calls.
So many times, so many retrospects
Filling my empty mind,
Filling the empty corridors,
So many friends left behind.
"I haven't accomplished;
I haven't fulfilled, the things I'd hoped to do."
In fact quite the contrary,
So many things I rue.
Why things went the way they did,
Why wasn't I more this way or that,
How I wish I could come back,
And on the wall to be but a gnat.
I'm scared to go on,
To leave the nest, this will always be my home,
But I know I cannot stay,
New people to find and places to roam.
And while I leave with some heartache and pain,
I'm also reassured,
Because I know it's one more step,
The future toward.Kaitlin has been published in Celebration of Young Poets and Anthology of Eighth Grade Poetry. |
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