Poetry

UNITED TOGETHER

By Hitaa Thakur, 5th grade, Avondale GATE Magnet School, Auburn Hills, MI

Covid’s just weakened us, but not stopped us, We don’t have to stop living our normal life, We have to adapt to our new one. We are one united together Not groups; not alone Covid is nothing if we are strong

We must start caring more about our loved ones Than our desires We will not let a virus to Takedown Humanity

We are one united together We are stronger and better We are 7.6 billion as one We will not embarrass humanity By losing this game We are one united together

All we need to do is wear a mask

We won’t take it off we won’t even ask

We will stay at home

Until we can roam

We will wash our hands

Then we will eat our cheese strands

We are one united together

Humanity will continue on.

WE STOPPED TIME

By Hannah Schwartz, 10th grade, The Bear Creek School, Redmond, Washington

Pitter, patter. Voices, chatter. Chaos Confusion Life goes on, with or without a choice, and it is full of never-ending noise.

What if it all just stopped. Water ceasing to drop. we would all, for just a moment in time, be forced to take a minute of downtime. Stare at the unmoving, silent world we call home Unable to move, like we’re cased in stone. Would we appreciate it more? Wonder what else is in store? Ask ourselves, “What more does life have to offer?”

And then maybe, we would think about the past play each memory, forever a moment to last. and we wouldn’t be worried about what others thought because we would have a lot of alone time. We would see the ones we love, and all the mistakes that we’ve made and how after that, we just continued on with our day. We might want to scream, “I’m sorry!” or “Get me out of here!” But no one would hear our cries, and our voices would not drown out the sorrow of all our goodbyes that we did not want to say. Sure, we would see our tragedies, but we would also see our dreams, and our hopes, but we would know our future. Even if we saw how we’ve changed, and we might not necessarily appreciate the decisions we’ve made, we still have a lot to be grateful for.

And suddenly, a door would open, giving us a way out of this haunted place. But it made you face the damage you’ve done not only to yourself, but others too. This pandemic has made us see that the decay in the world can sometimes outshine the green. But at the end of the day, we were all forced to look at ourselves and inside of our minds as time stopped, and we stopped time.

VIRUS

By Pashence Manley, 6th grade , International Technology Academy (I.T.A.), Pontiac, MI

This virus is killing us, our family and friends . It's sad that most of us can't even get the education we need,

Not to mention all the grades are dropping. We can't do anything about it, but wear masks that we can barely breathe in. We sit in the house, getting angry at the computer Missing our birthdays, proms, and homecomings Those little things are so special to us But out of nowhere, they're all gone. Some people are suffering badly Just because they got laid off from their jobs. Stay safe and be careful of your surroundings.