
Anime Invasion Plan: Phase 1
The Genius in Progress
...just for you...
We pray for our sorrows to end,
and hope that our hearts will blend.
Now I will step forward to realise this wish.
And who knows:
starting a new journey may not be so hard
or maybe it has already begun.
There are many worlds,
but they share the same sky-
one sky, one destiny."
Kingdom Hearts, anyone? 83
-Mr. O, AKA Otdomasaurus, AKA Moo, AKA Otdom
The Spider
I scurry at the shadowy hour
Across your bedroom wall
Onto the floor where your dog cowers
And into a corner I crawl
That twitch at every sound
A huge, hairy butt, an egg sack I carry
And glossy eyes that stare at the ground
That I can call my own home
Then sway onto you small clock’s hands
And towards the ceiling I come
And drop onto your cushy bed
Wander forward for a little peek
And walk onto your head
You wake with a start and deafen me
With shrieks that make me sore
Throw me onto the floor violently
Where I find refuge under the door
When I come out the next dark night
You await me at the floor mat
Raise a book above me, out of sight
And before I know it,
SPLAT!
I found this poem in my poetry folder from seventh grade. Seventh Grade! I remember those days, when I used to find spiders everywhere in my room and I was always scared that one would fall on me when I was sleeping. I still see spiders now but not as much as I did then, when my house still had our old carpet. I think I wrote this for the sole purpose of mocking spiders, so that maybe it would make them less scary. It didn't, but that's not the point. The point is....what is the point? I guess there isn't really one, but I hope that you enjoyed the poem nonetheless!
-Alison
Occasionally, a yellow flower is born. It seems as if that yellow flower is doomed to grow in solitude. The red flowers bear their thorns and stab into the yellow flower’s fragile beauty and self-respect. The yellow flower then shrinks into its own little space, letting the other flowers absorb the rain from the sky while it desperately embraces the soft, neutral soil. The soil, which cannot provide the consolation that the flowers can provide, simply sits, in solitude, not appreciated. The lonely flower cries. It withers a little. The leaves grow holes. The flower seems to have lost its beauty. It cannot wait to just turn into a dandelion and disappear into the wind, hoping that one day, its seeds can bring joy to someone.
If only there were not multiple, separate meadows; if only there was only a single meadow, where everyone is gathered together. Then, maybe, just maybe, that yellow flower could have a better chance of finding a friend. In meadows, there is no human gardener to nurture the flowers. The flowers stand alone, if they stand at all.
The yellow flower was lost. No one cared. Instead, the other flowers seemed to only constantly look through some filter: a filter that prevented togetherness, a filter that created hurt. The flowers couldn’t see the tears because they didn’t want to. They didn’t want to see what could bring their pride down. Pride, confidence, their figure in the meadow was all that mattered to these flowers. The yellow flower, however, longed to be freed of solitude, to grow tall and be able to reach the sun. Instead the flower shriveled back into the ground where it came from, where it belonged. Out of the sun and into the shadows, all that remains is a sad sigh.
To think that some people find it a crime to trample the red flowers, to “accidentally” step on them.