Elie's Poetry Corner

I looked out the window and what did I see? I saw a ghost that looked just like me. She was floating there In the midnight air. Her face was lit by an eerie light All the more frightful in the black of night. I watched and waited but she remained still floating just above the window sill. Then I made a move which she seemed to mimick Like some mirror imitation gimick And as I watched, a neighborhood cat Jumped right through her, just like that. She did not flinch or bat an eye Or even so much as let out a cry. The cat ignored her as if she weren't there, as if ghosts could be found just anywhere.

She is a quiet sort of girl who likes to read a book she sits for hours in a chair cozy in her nook She likes to learn and learns to live through all the things she reads She reads and as she reads, she makes believe it's real The wind is really in her hair, the grass beneath her feet She sees the world anew through each author's point of view Through each path of folly she cries with all the rest She laughs at the absurdities, and through it all stays riveted until she's reached the end Each book is an adventure that takes her on a ride and when she's done, she feels all bubbly inside.

You hide within the corners of my mind and when I fall asleep it's you I find. You break into my safest hiding place and in my dreams I lie in your embrace. But then I wake to find it isn't true And once again, my heart is crushed anew When you are near, my heart drops to my knees My mind is gone and soon my reason flees. My lips they tremble and quake My knees knock and my body shakes. There is a paradox about your smile, so full both of innocence and guile. Most times I read people pretty well, but when it comes to you, I cannot tell. I dance around and proudly strut my stuff just like a bird's bright feathers pomp and puff. But what do I when e're you look my way? I blush and shake my head and look away. My head swims with panic, fear and doubt And all my insecurities, they shout. There is no way amazing you could be even slightly int'rested in me. So if you get too close to me I pray that if I close my eyes, you'll go away. And so

To see you for a minute is simply not enough. I hardly get to hold you and then it's time to go Although my arms enfold you, I fear you'll never know How much Mommy loves you, for me this is too tough. Your Daddy says I am not fit, to bring you to my home Although I raised you all your life Wiped every tear, calmed every strife He says he thinks that I can't raise you on my own. I know sometimes you wonder, why Mommy's not around Why do Mom and Daddy fight? Which one's wrong and which one's right? The real answer is no one, no answer can be found. Your Daddy loves you dearly, I know he'd never harm But he believes what people say Instead of what is true today So he's decided now, to rip you from my arms I held you in my womb, I fed you from my breast I kissed your every boo-boo, I soothed you when you cried and I was never more than a moment from your side I cannot give you all he can but I will do my best I know that one

If one day I were just not here, If I were just to disappear Would you notice that I'm gone? My friends might ask, where is she? And start a earnest search for me But would you notice that I'm gone? If suddenly I showed up dead 'cause I was murdered in my bed, Would you notice that I'm gone? My family might mourn my loss Swear to avenge me at all cost, But would you notice that I'm gone? While those who loved me in this life were set upon by grief and strife Would you notice that I'm gone? With other people asking "Why?" Saying: "She's too young to die." Would you notice that I'm gone?

When the world says you can't And chances do seem slim Don't listen to their chant Their view is much too dim When your spirit is discouraged and your hope is almost gone and you need to feel encouraged by the light of another dawn When impossible's the word that every person shouts And that whisper can't be heard that dispels all those doubts Ask, Did Edison stop trying, At the word impossible? He knew that they were lying, Anything is possible. A hundred years ago they would have seen it as insane Sending pictures through the air would be met with disdain. A laptop computer? You cannot be serious. A cellular phone? You must be delirious. You cannot see a baby inside of the womb And everyone knows we can't get to the moon. A man cannot fly, that is just for the birds. "Do not even try" are discouraging words. So don't you listen to anyone Who says it just cannot be done

Ever closer looms the white dragon- All retreat with fear and awe. One alone can slay the white dragon And save the village from her claw. None defy the white dragon All presenting fear and dread The champ who wouldst slay the white dragon Has been found and he is dead. Are there none amongst the village people who, the white dragon, do not fear? The white dragon finds another victim A helpless child who wandered near. The child's mother sees the white dragon, Her baby it its talons huge The mother slays the white dragon. For she's the child's one refuge. Now many claim the white dragon Met her end upon their sword But we all know the white dragon lost not the battle to a lord. And this maid who slew the white dragon, seeks not reward or recompense. All the maid saw was danger and saved her child from thence. But stories of the white dragon fall evermore upon our ear how men defied the white drago