The ELM

By Amelia Dion

Fighting for kicks
In this peaceful pain
For only family to know
To see in my face

For sobbing could only show the stinging
The screaming 
The pain
So only glory comes to those who harden

By Kailey Leonard

Sweet as sunsets 
Cold as the night 
Crazy like nature 
Gasping, miserable
The horizon is as southern and familiar 
As the crazy family that cut their hair
Sullenly

By Trudy Farrell

15 seconds
They say that's all you get
15 seconds of fame
15 seconds of fake cheerfulness
15 seconds of emotions
The only reward to hard work
If you blink, it’s gone
Is 15 seconds all a hero gets?

By Isaac Doggett

A rough hangout
A place you go to get silence, shot or worse
An abandoned cigarette pack under the street light 
An old gasoline pump on the ground
A dirty tough hoodlum eyeing you