I Am
I am the packed bags at the door
I wonder if he will come back
I hear the gunfire from overseas
I see myself in the tears on my face
I want him to stay
I am the goodbye
I pretend to be strong
I feel emptiness
I touch the clothes he left behind
I worry about his safety
I cry for my family he leaves back home
I am deployment
I understand that it is his duty
I say that I'm used to it
I dream of peace
I try to get over it
I hope for him to come home
I am a military kid
I am Mitchel Howe
Place
This place is one of a kind
It puts a lot on my mind
So much to do
It makes me go cuckoo
Feeling a lot of insignificance
Takes a lot to gain magnificence
Milestones take place here
Cheering fans numb the fear
Sweat runs down my face
No time to slow my pace
Must be fast to react
It's all action that's a fact
This is no place to yield
Your teammates are a shield
This is the football field
Red
Red is commitment and selflessness
The time you put in to being perfect
Red is the color that drips off your face after a good hit
It is the anger we use to punish our opponent
Red is pumping through your veins
Black is the armor you wear to the battle field
It is the feeling of a community
Black is the color that gives us fearlessness
It drives us, pushes us, and protects us.
Black is the color that is a symbol of our team
Red and black are a family
It is the glue that holds us together
Red and black is the team, the family, the community
They are the road to state, the underdog, the Spartans
Red and black is ROCORI
Hurricane
Is the rage of nature?
The ripping winds cause torture
The rain from above
Hit down the flying dove
The chaos of it all
Make even the tallest things fall
The storm of the season
It attacked for no reason
For the damage was great
Everything gone that I used to appreciate
Then comes the calm
Like God's palm
The eye of the storm is near
Soon everything will be clear
The is the hurricane time of year
Childhood
Childhood is opening a new transformer and trying to change
It is the feeling of sand between my itsy bitsy toes
Childhood is thinking the dog is huge
But then finding out you wish it was bigger
Childhood is peeing your pants
Because you thought you could hold it
Childhood is trying to go across the ice in a sled
Soon finding out a sled can't float
Childhood is sitting at daycare playing Army
Wishing you were like your dad
Childhood is sitting in the corner for being to loud
Then pouting to get out of it
Childhood is watching him leave for a whole year
Then hoping for him to return
Childhood is crying when he gets back
And not wanting to let go
Sport
This sport has a team
We all share one dream
It is to win state
Something the community can appreciate
It was a game for the books
All the fans stand and look
Everyone was in awe
We couldn't believe what we saw
We won the game
We felt no shame
It was the first in history to win
This feeling should have been a sin
The feeling of being the first
Finally we came through the worst
We were the first
Dream
I have dreams
Kind of cheesy it seems
This dream wasn't boring
It made me feel like I was soaring
I never felt these feeling before
It was something I couldn't ignore
Nothing has happened like this at night
Almost gave me a fright
This dream did come true
And it was brand new
The feeling of winning it was
Made me feel like throwing a fit
We won! We won!
There wasn't anyone to shun
It was a dream |