Cyrcha a Chwta Poem

 Hide-and-Seek

I hid out in the big tree

My brother looking for me

We are very full of glee

I hope we don’t break a knee

Looking like a bumblebee

We almost never agree

The sun has begun to go 

Please don’t grow a brand new tree

- JesusLover1

Me and Erso

 I walk into the big show

My calf all ready to go

Brothers gave her one last blow

I walk in, judge says hello

Will I win? I just don’t know

Mouth in a smile, eyes aglow

We stand ready for the slap

People clap, me and Erso

~Cass

Evil Twin

    Evil Twin

notyaP

What am I gonna do? I’m in some type of mirror world. She took me and is now ruining my life. I don’t even

remember how it happened? I remember wishing that I could tell people the truth and not always be so happy

and kind ALLLLLL the time. Next thing I know, I woke up and I am just watching my life play out in front

of me. She’s evil, she’s cruel, she’s confident, she’s…beautiful. Ugh? How? Why? She’s telling my friends

that I think they are liars, backstabbing, and another not so nice word. I cried “No! Please stop!” but it was

of no use, they can’t hear me. I had a big final today, she failed it! She even got sent to the office and I got

SUSPENDED!!!! She sent emails to college coaches and ruined any chance of me playing any sport in

college. What am I going to do?! I have to stop her! I start banging on the wall that separates me from my

world, it felt like hours and hours I was in there just watching her ruin my life. Then…I woke up.

Soul

Pedestal Child

 Oh dear, you're going to go places in this world. 

You’re so smart,

So talented,

So mature,

So quiet, 

So well behaved 

So kind, 

You never start fights,

You get along with everyone,

You’re always there to lend a helping hand. 

One day you will rule the world.

I was showered with praise as a child,

But that praise, it was a double-edged sword. 

I didn’t know it then.

I was a pedestal child.

I was so smart…so talented 

That's all anyone knew about me.

It was my identity.

But then I got older,

I lost that talent,

And being smart came with too much pressure.
Little did I know when I lost those,

I would lose myself, for I no longer had an identity.

I was so mature… so quiet…so well-behaved

I was never a kid. 

I had an overactive imagination, but unlike most, my mind was full of fear. 

I watched my every move wary of the consequences that would follow.

I was mature but a kid shouldn’t be mature.

A kid shouldn’t live by the rules, they should make mistakes. 

I was quiet but only because I was watching and analyzing,

Learning how to react to situations instead of living them. 

I was so kind…I never started fights.

This is code for I never knew how to stand up for myself. 

If I was always kind, I could never upset someone.

I ignored mean words and pretended I didn't hear them over my shoulder.

It was easier this way. 

Trust me.

I hate confrontation.

I get along with everyone…I’ll always help

I’m a people pleaser.

I can’t say no.

I don’t have a life. I live for others.

I won’t rule the world, 

I’ll never make an impact. 

Let's be real here, 

They set me up for failure,

Children believe everything.

You set them on a pedestal and idolize them they will never try to be anything different,

You tell them they will go places and rule the world they will believe you.

That's till the world inevitably kicks over their pedestal. 

Have you ever heard the phrase “If you put something on a pedestal it will fall”?

Well, I fell… hard.

I’m still falling,

Still struggling to figure out who I am.

When you're told who you are from the day you are born you never think differently. 

You’ll never know who you really are.

I don’t know who I am.

Don’t put children on pedestals

It's dangerous for them to fall from that high. 

: )

Let Freedom Reign

 Let Freedom Reign 

Citizens, let freedom reign

Veterans guard our domain

A hero you are again

You fought with strength through the pain

You defended our campaign

For the freedom we maintain

We honor and remember,

You semper, let freedom reign. 

<3 Toe Toe

The Natty

 When I posted my first blog, I talked about the final goal of playing in November and playing in Memorial Stadium. This has become a reality. I and have severely improved and am I a valuable asset on the team. We play Wahoo, and I'm confident. Roll Cards. 

Friday Night Lights

 Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights are filled with cool winds, dark skies, and big smiles.

The bright lights shine on the red and white jerseys as they move swiftly down the field.

Poms in hand and eye black on cheeks with posters in the air.

Friday Night Lights are memories that last a life time.

Much love- WWJD<3

Snow Day Poem

 Snow Day!

I just looked out the window,

To see a yard full of snow!

The shiny sun makes the sun glow.

Just wait, you already know. 

It’s, time to make cookie dough,

And sit and sip some hot cocoa!

It is such a perfect day.

Just to stay home, and not go.

~P.A.M.~

Cyrch a Chwta

Love

There cannot be any shove

All you need is from above

Where He sends a pretty dove

There could be a lack thereof

Maybe you are not beloved

Perhaps you may need a glove

To go down to a diamond

For a thousand years of love

Soul

Fabulous Realities

 Sweat was pouring down my face.

The hill almost looked like a mountain,

and water was not an option at this moment.

Walking was needed to get up this hill,

so I walked.

Closer and closer to the top I got.

Reaching the top of the “mountain”, 

opened up a canvas of beauty…

Lush, green fields of crops with spraying pivots cooling the plants.

Rolling hills and with busy traffic on the highway,

although the traffic could not be heard.

A slight breeze was blowing through and rustled the leaves in the nearby trees.

You could even see beyond the horizon.

Cross Country practice didn’t seem like an eternity anymore, 

it felt like an adventure in an unknown land. 

- JesusLover1

Lyric for Love

 Yeah I miss you do you miss me please don't hold back on your feeling 

- Schlime

Brain = Candy

Sometimes I feel like a bag of Skittles,

A bunch of colors all scrambled together inside one little bag of delicious chaos.

But, sometimes ideas click in my head. 

With a satisfying snap like a Kit-Kat.

And when everything finally makes sense that's really the biggest Pay-Day.

Cause otherwise you feel like a Warhead 

Like you're at war with yourself.

Or maybe you just feel like a bag of Dum Dums.

No matter what, if you feel lost, look to the Milky Way and wish on a star.

-  : )

Surrounded by Silence

 One day without my hearing. I miss my Dateline episode and whatever characters I’m barely listening to anyway. I long for my niece yelling, “Nat Nat!” as I get home from a rough day. I want to hear my dad’s pointless stories that he will probably repeat until I get annoyed. I wish I could hear my brother’s voice on the phone when I call for no reason. I can’t stop thinking of the sounds I fail to hear. The dogs I don’t like, or my bird chirping at night. 

One day without my hearing puts me at risk. How would I know if someone was behind me? What if an alarm goes off and I am unaware? What do I do if someone has something of extreme importance to tell me? What about the friends that can’t talk to me? Will they still want me?

-Bug

Something Across the Water - Horror Short Story

 Two-Sentence Horror Story: Returning from my vacation I heard a “How was it?” from the corner of my apartment. I live alone.

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Warning: THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAINS ONE MINOR GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF VIOLENCE, AS WELL AS SOME (Censored on School Version) PROFANITY AT THE END.  MINOR DRUG + ALCOHOL REFERENCES AT THE BEGINNING.

Funny Bit: I started this story with the name Nathan already chosen. Parents are going to see Nathan Bargatze perform standup in a couple weeks, and I subconsciously added his last name (misspelt) as Bargetzi, as I felt the “main” character needed a last name for the interrogation scene and the ending. 

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*CLICK*

Wed. Nov 1 (10:34 p.m.):

SUBJECT 18: Nathan Bargetzi. For your information, this session IS being recorded. Can you tell us what happened?

I-I don’t really know. Me, Toby, and Josh were just out on the lake, listening to music, and having a few drinks. I’m not g-gonna lie, Toby might’ve had a few too many to drink. He, well, he wasn’t acting quite right. But not drunk, really, m-more so, I don’t know, floaty? He wasn’t really with us, and, well, we hadn’t smoked anything that night. I mean, it was there, but we hadn’t lit any of it up.

Okay, continue. Did Toby have anything earlier in the day?

No, no, Toby, I mean, he wasn’t ever really into, well, smoking. Like, he would have it when he was with us, but he…he never had any when he was by himself, just as a, uh, a social thing. And either way, he was talking to us just fine, laughing and such, then, all of a sudden, he just stood up and looked across the lake.

Tues. Oct 31 (11:36 p.m)

Toby: “He-ey, do you, *cough*, do you guys see that over there?”

Nathan: “No Tobes, what’re you seeing?”

Toby: “Oh, just that girl over there. She’s, uhm, she’s pretty.”

Josh: “What girl, Toby? Is your imaginary girlfriend back again?” *chuckles*

Toby: “No, uh, no Josh, she’s not, and anyway, that was back in the …the 4th-grade man, *cough*, we’re 17 now, I-I ain’t pretended that for years now. Nate, you see her? Across the lake?”

Nathan: “Naw, I don’t, uh, really see anyone. H-ll, I can hardly see across the lake, what’re you seeing?”

Toby: “I already, I already told you both what I’m seeing. You, you should get your d-mn hearing checked Nate. Just, look at her. She’s, so, so pretty.” *steps towards lake*

Nathan: “Tobes, where are you going there bud? We’ve all *hic*, had a bit much to drink, you, you should back away from that pier.”

Josh: “Yeah, it, it ain’t funny no more. And ‘sides that, you, you can’t swim Toby. ‘Member that time I pushed ya in the pool this summer?” *nervous laugh*

Toby: “NO! That’s not, *cough*, that’s not what she’s telling me. She’s telling me to come to ’er *slurring*. And, her, her voice, it’s so beautiful. But her singing, it, it won’t get out of my head. I gotta… I gotta meet her Nate. Why can’t you see her Nate? SHE’S RIGHT THERE D-MN IT!”

Nathan: “TOBY! Get off the f----ing pier! It, it ain’t funny anymore!”

Josh: “Toby, don’t–” *chuckle* “Don’t make me get my g-n out the truuu…ck.” *slumps off*

Nathan: “Josh! Wake up! This ain’t the time to fall asleep!”

Toby: “Josh’ll be fine, Nate, she’s already come to talk, *cough*, talk with him. But, I, I gotta swim to her. She says she’ll guide me. She’ll keep me safe. My god, her voice, it’s, it’s so pretty. Everything about her is so d-mn pretty…”

Wed. Nov 1 (10:42 p.m.)

Nathan! Come back to us, please.

I’m sorry, I-I was just thinking back a bit more. Sorry. I’m here now.

Can you tell us anything about the person you say Toby saw? What did they look like?

I-I’ll try. I don’t remember much, other t-than she, I mean, it. It wasn’t human. There’s no d-mn way that thing was human. I-I remember Toby said she was…

Tues Oct 31 (11:44 p.m.)

Toby: “… she’s got light blonde hair, and those blue, *cough*, blue eyes. They’re, they’re shining, Nate. I g-gotta meet her, I just gotta.”

Nathan: *glances toward the water* “Toby! What the f--k is that? Get the h-ll away from the water. That’s not a p-person, I don’t know what it is, but you gotta get away from it. I-I’m gonna get Josh’s g-n!”

Josh: “Mmm? Don’t, no, Nate. It’sss MY g-n.” *slumps, hard*

Nathan: “Josh! Wake up! T-this ain’t the time to play games. WAKE UP! I’m getting the g-g-n. TOBY, GET BACK FROM THE WATER! It’s gonna grab you!”

Toby: “Nate? What, uh, what am I doing here? *hand grabs his ankle* Sh-t! Help me, Nate! HELP!

Wed. Nov 1 (10:47 p.m.)

What happened then, Nathan?

I dunno really. I ran to grab the g-n from Josh’s truck, and the door wouldn’t open. It never does on that d-mn truck. When I finally jammed it open and turned around Josh, he was, he was dead… throat s-slashed right the f--k open. And then I saw it again. Receding into the water like a f----ing coward. A COWARD, I TELL YOU! It k-lled Josh and Toby, and it just slithered away.

Nathan! We’re going to have to ask you to calm down. We know it’s hard, but just try, please.

Okay. o-okay. I-I’ll try. I grabbed the g-n, and I started shooting at the thing. It didn’t even flinch. It just looked at me, and I saw it. Its reptilian face started to meld into this beautiful girl. Amber eyes, brown hair. I, I looked away, and just got in the truck and drove off. I didn’t know what to do, I mean… Josh was dead, and Toby was dead or dying. I couldn’t do anything about it.

Okay, Nathan. I think you’ve given us all we need. Officer Di’marco will escort you out. We’ll be in touch.

O-okay. Thanks? I guess?

*BANG!*

SUBJECT 18: Nathan Bargetzi. Witness terminated, please retain feedback. 10-4?

10-4. Nathan Bargetzi is terminated. Please correspond.

Okay. Di’marco. Get Units 17-21 out to the lake. Dispose of SUBJECT 18 at the following location…

*CLICK*

Something Across the Water - a short story composed in around an hour. If you don’t know what the profanity is, well, too bad. Thanks for reading.

Work of Schrodinger's Katze

Made On: Monday, Oct 30 - Tuesday, Oct 31 

Final Version + Censored: Nov 1

2023