What is a Monster?

A monster doesn't always live under a bed

A monster doesn't always eat little kids heads

A monster doesn't always have to be green

A monster doesn't have to be huge and look viciously mean

A monster doesn't have to be eerie and scary

A monster doesn't have to be tough and hairy

So what is a monster you're probably thinking

What makes you so afraid that you can’t stop blinking

A monster could be your imagination, what we see, what we do

A monster could be a demon that constantly lives inside you

When you lay down at night and close your eyes

And all you can think about is that monster by your side

Don’t be afraid to go to sleep

Its just a bad dream, go count some sheep

Whos to say if a monster is good or if a monster is bad

If you only think about monsters you’ve gone totally mad

Dont be afraid of monsters or if they can turn you into someone dead

Dont be afraid of monsters because they're all trapped in your head

Moody by Leo M

The more pages turned

The less anxious I do feel

This book is just wow

What did I just read

I just feel disappointment

That was terrible

I just returned it

The ending was just so bad

I am just so sad

How a teenager is made by Paige Goldstein

you take a student

create some stress

give them no freedoms

respect them even less

have high expectations

as you train them for success

control their lives

each and every step

slowly they regress

they’ll walk in a trance

puppets on a string

and the strings are in your hands
the schedule presented
coaches yelling and screaming
sports stresses only add to the overall messes

so that’s too many hours
spent in the system
and that’s not all yet

after it’s dance, scouts, religious school and work

finally at home
these kids get to relax
never mind you forgot
its homework for english and math
then college applications
chores have to wait for later

how about friends?
or enjoying some music?
maybe some TV?
to help them not lose it
maybe a nap?
but time is not to be wasted
not hours or minutes

and tomorrow?
it’s the same routine again
the alarm clock ringing

if this continues

where their opinions are inferior

and they are over worked with no room to lurk

slowly they’ll grow furious

make them unsure of their future

they tell us we’re only children, we’ve got no say

but in one year, it’ll finally be time to part our own ways

so  lay off the students
they’re working harder than ever
let them be their own person and that should relieve some of these pressures