Renga

Fell off a Mountain

By: Alex Busch, Brandon Rivette

Fell off a mountain

Landed in a fluffy field

Bodies surround me

Blood covered the flower field

Shocks across all their faces

Nobody hears me

Only the voice inside me

I am all alone

The walls are white around me

I can’t move my arms and legs

At least I can crawl

But I am swimming in blood

Feels like a hot tub

What is the point of living

Why has my life gone this way

Hard. Soft. I don’t know

Nothing is coming to mind

My brain has melted

How do I have a conscious

My body can burst right now

This is it. The end

No reason to push further

Everything is gone

I close my eyes, and wake up

The floor is soft and feels nice

Drowning is Sorrow

By: Shayna Cox, Olivia Walstad

Drowning is sorrow

For the noise is deafening

I hear not a thing.

Overwhelmed by the silence

I’m in. It's too much for me.

I am not sure where

Overwhelmed would be a lie

A lie that means more.

The task ahead is daunting.

Lies within truth; truths in lies.

Truth has no meaning

Tasks were all that I was taught

I know nothing else.

Knowledge is dangerous, it’s

The most valued currency.

Currency that’s risk

That is valued more than life

But yet here we are.

In 2016

By: Brett Haag, Holly Lowenberg

In 2016

The purge was involved with clowns

I saw my neighbors

In the dark street, I see death

I wonder… will I be next?

There is a man here

He’s outside my window

Dressed as a clown

Oh no, I just heard a crash

I can’t see, the light is gone

I tried to go hide

But I could not find a spot

I ran to the bed

I hear the clowns by my bed

Peek a boo, I now see you

Trickling Rivers

By: Melanie Koopmans

Trickling Rivers

Flow freely from the mountain

Promoting new growth

Water pools around my feet

Whirls of foam dance in circles

Circling around

Children gather by the stream

Growing and dancing

The blue of sky, green of life

Swirl under the clear surface

Surfacing close by,

Frogs jump from the lily pads

Leaping and hopping

Stray droplets spray out on impact

Decorating foliage

On near spider web

Droplets also splash the bug

Refreshing spiders

Don’t linger long, you must move

Or be entranced by its beauty

Little Butterfly

By: Abby Hughes, Teagan Thurston

Wilted Monarch wings

No butterfly in the sky

Crumbled on her own

Butterflies passing by her

See the color fade away

Beautiful colors

No butterfly in the sky

Wings once spread now sad

Little butterfly now gone

Families mourn her passing

Little butterfly

No butterfly in the sky

Her flight now hindered

The flight drained the life from her

No butterfly in the sky

On the Rainy Day

By: Luke Lindquist, Samantha Leckie

On the rainy day

I went outside to have fun

I grabbed a blue ball

The sun shined through the rain clouds

Ball bounced on muddy puddle

The ball bounced down hill

It had went down on the road

I went to get it

But the ball was too far gone

Flattened by the truck passing

I filled with sadness

I tried to find another ball

But there were no more

I stand in the empty road

A passing car collides

Wind Whistles Past Me

By: Maddie Morton, Miranda Mullarkey

Wind whistles past me

I inhale the salty breeze

The sun is setting

Reflections on a life lived

I see myself rippling

My hand travels through

Into the salty water

And I grab a fish

Light Fading Slowly

By: Joel Voigt, Peytyn Kolberg

Light fading slowly

Her eyes will begin to close

She slips into dreams

The memories of her life

Nothing but stains on the dirt

The stains of her tears

Shes afraid and all alone

Trying to let go

Rain washes off the anger

Removing the stains of life

“Living is useless”

Staring at her right hand shake

She’s as pale as the clouds

Here come the vultures descent

A whirlwind of black feathers

Blacker than her soul

Vultures come to watch her fall

Falling back to life

She will never fade away

Fighting off the starving birds