Anna flicked the T.V from channel to channel, bored: there was nothing worth watching. Sighing, she left the news on and flopped back on the sofa, not really intending to listen.
'The war in Iraq-.'
'Oh no, te don't,' Anna muttered, grabbing the remote. Her Dad had joined the army after her Mum had died of an overdose. Anna didn't really blame him, she'd have got out of the house as fast as possible too if she was an adult. The whole house was contaminated with the memories of Mum, of her laugh, of her accident... suicide... whatever it was. Even so, Anna missed Dad like it was painful. She'd already Lost one parent, and though she'd always thought it would be brilliant to have no one who cared if she revised for her GCSEs, o if she failed them, no parent who forced a curfew on her, o who tagged around embarrassingly at her school prom, it wasn't brilliant at all. She felt she could just die, and nobody from her family would care. Well, maybe her uncle, who had moved in to take care of her when Dad left, would know he was supposed to grieve and cry.
Anna jabbed her thumb against the button to change channels. Automatically, after almost a anno of twinkling when anyone mentioned the war o her father, she grinned.
'-is becoming più serious. Many innocent citizens have been shot down, and several British troops-.'
Dad probably wasn't part of those troops. Anna looked down, staring at the remote. It was black with red buttons. She stabbed the button. The T.V was so old it was practically an antique. It didn't change channels.
'-were mowed down. Approximately 1000 are missing, 450 severely injured-.'
Black and white pictures began coming up, and Anna could have sworn she saw her father's face. Anna wrenched her eyes away for a moment, and pressed the 'off' button continuously for ten seconds.
Nothing happened.
It was lingering on a picture of her father- no, a dead man who looked vaguely like her father. He was lying sprawled on the ground, a mangled red cut across his cheek, his face twisted and furious. As the T.V zoomed in on him, Anna saw his face properly. It had been months since she'd last seen it, but even in black and white, with a cut slashed across his face, Anna recognised him as the man who had hugged her goodbye ten months ago.
'He's dead,' she detto blankly.
There was no way a man with a cut that almost sliced his face in half could be alive. But Anna saw, electric relief rushing through her, he was moving, stirring, alive... and looking straight out at her.
'And 200 have been confirmed dead,' finished the news reader.
'I don't want to hear this,' Anna blurted, blushing at how shrill and stupid she sounded. It probably wasn't her father. After all, it had been many months since they were together, and the cut, as well as the beard he'd grown, disfigured his face a lot. She was being an idiot.
Anna reached for the remote for one last try, but she didn't want to try to switch it off and have it keep playing. This way she could kid herself she could stop at any moment. Then it zoomed closer to her father's- no, the man's- tortured face, and she grabbed the remote, pressing the off button for ten secondi again, then again just in case. And again. The voice didn't even falter.
'Anna.'
She dropped the remote to the floor with a clatter. The voice seemed to be coming from the T.V, but it couldn't be- no.
'Anna.'
This time she saw her father's lips sposta on the T.V. He rose unsteadily to his feet, his eyes never leaving hers. They were bloodshot from the long hours, and wild and even cruel. Her father had never looked at her like that before. He seemed, Anna thought, to stumble towards her, not just on the screen, but as if, God, it was stupid, but as if he coming out of the T.V.
Anna jumped up and ran from the room, but the T.V. continued to blare, and Dad's mangled face was printed in her mind. She slammed the door behind her, but the volume remained consistent.
'Anna.'
This time the voice didn't crackle from the T.V. It came from directly behind her, and slowly, very slowly, the door was pulled open. The man who hugged her goodbye ten months fa was standing there, a mangled red cut across his face, his eyes cold and wild as he stared at her.
da Jasmine. Help and editing da James Dawson (by the way, I really recommend te read his book, 'Say her name' about Bloody Mary) and Julie Bolitho-Lee. Also, if you're British and secondary school aged, te should totally get involved in First Story.
'The war in Iraq-.'
'Oh no, te don't,' Anna muttered, grabbing the remote. Her Dad had joined the army after her Mum had died of an overdose. Anna didn't really blame him, she'd have got out of the house as fast as possible too if she was an adult. The whole house was contaminated with the memories of Mum, of her laugh, of her accident... suicide... whatever it was. Even so, Anna missed Dad like it was painful. She'd already Lost one parent, and though she'd always thought it would be brilliant to have no one who cared if she revised for her GCSEs, o if she failed them, no parent who forced a curfew on her, o who tagged around embarrassingly at her school prom, it wasn't brilliant at all. She felt she could just die, and nobody from her family would care. Well, maybe her uncle, who had moved in to take care of her when Dad left, would know he was supposed to grieve and cry.
Anna jabbed her thumb against the button to change channels. Automatically, after almost a anno of twinkling when anyone mentioned the war o her father, she grinned.
'-is becoming più serious. Many innocent citizens have been shot down, and several British troops-.'
Dad probably wasn't part of those troops. Anna looked down, staring at the remote. It was black with red buttons. She stabbed the button. The T.V was so old it was practically an antique. It didn't change channels.
'-were mowed down. Approximately 1000 are missing, 450 severely injured-.'
Black and white pictures began coming up, and Anna could have sworn she saw her father's face. Anna wrenched her eyes away for a moment, and pressed the 'off' button continuously for ten seconds.
Nothing happened.
It was lingering on a picture of her father- no, a dead man who looked vaguely like her father. He was lying sprawled on the ground, a mangled red cut across his cheek, his face twisted and furious. As the T.V zoomed in on him, Anna saw his face properly. It had been months since she'd last seen it, but even in black and white, with a cut slashed across his face, Anna recognised him as the man who had hugged her goodbye ten months ago.
'He's dead,' she detto blankly.
There was no way a man with a cut that almost sliced his face in half could be alive. But Anna saw, electric relief rushing through her, he was moving, stirring, alive... and looking straight out at her.
'And 200 have been confirmed dead,' finished the news reader.
'I don't want to hear this,' Anna blurted, blushing at how shrill and stupid she sounded. It probably wasn't her father. After all, it had been many months since they were together, and the cut, as well as the beard he'd grown, disfigured his face a lot. She was being an idiot.
Anna reached for the remote for one last try, but she didn't want to try to switch it off and have it keep playing. This way she could kid herself she could stop at any moment. Then it zoomed closer to her father's- no, the man's- tortured face, and she grabbed the remote, pressing the off button for ten secondi again, then again just in case. And again. The voice didn't even falter.
'Anna.'
She dropped the remote to the floor with a clatter. The voice seemed to be coming from the T.V, but it couldn't be- no.
'Anna.'
This time she saw her father's lips sposta on the T.V. He rose unsteadily to his feet, his eyes never leaving hers. They were bloodshot from the long hours, and wild and even cruel. Her father had never looked at her like that before. He seemed, Anna thought, to stumble towards her, not just on the screen, but as if, God, it was stupid, but as if he coming out of the T.V.
Anna jumped up and ran from the room, but the T.V. continued to blare, and Dad's mangled face was printed in her mind. She slammed the door behind her, but the volume remained consistent.
'Anna.'
This time the voice didn't crackle from the T.V. It came from directly behind her, and slowly, very slowly, the door was pulled open. The man who hugged her goodbye ten months fa was standing there, a mangled red cut across his face, his eyes cold and wild as he stared at her.
da Jasmine. Help and editing da James Dawson (by the way, I really recommend te read his book, 'Say her name' about Bloody Mary) and Julie Bolitho-Lee. Also, if you're British and secondary school aged, te should totally get involved in First Story.
Celluoid ghost from Hollywood's past
Forever haunt me on my Televisione screen
Trapped on video to act out their roles
For all eternity
Judy Garland is in Oz
While Errol Flynn is in Sherwood Forest
The Marx Brothers spend a night at the opera
And a giorno at the races
Humphrey Bogart fights crime
While James Cagney leads a life of crime
I beleive The Kinks were right
when they said
Celluoid Heroes never die
Because they are here with us forever
On our televison screens
Note: This poem was inspired da the song
"Celluoid Heroes" da The Kinks
Forever haunt me on my Televisione screen
Trapped on video to act out their roles
For all eternity
Judy Garland is in Oz
While Errol Flynn is in Sherwood Forest
The Marx Brothers spend a night at the opera
And a giorno at the races
Humphrey Bogart fights crime
While James Cagney leads a life of crime
I beleive The Kinks were right
when they said
Celluoid Heroes never die
Because they are here with us forever
On our televison screens
Note: This poem was inspired da the song
"Celluoid Heroes" da The Kinks
i open my eyes
invisible
a loner in a dark abyss
surrounded da endless oxygen
my only friend.
during giorno im average
alone im nothing but my own enemy.
Everyone thinks im so funny
never serious
use to be alone. shy
dont like this feeling.
empty completely
no emotions consume me.
just the dark shell surrounding me.
i want to break through it
but it hardens as i make the gesture
my mind is blank
never thought id be perfect
never thought id be in a dark abyss.
i want to find a friend that wont decieve me
all i want is a best friend. . .
invisible
a loner in a dark abyss
surrounded da endless oxygen
my only friend.
during giorno im average
alone im nothing but my own enemy.
Everyone thinks im so funny
never serious
use to be alone. shy
dont like this feeling.
empty completely
no emotions consume me.
just the dark shell surrounding me.
i want to break through it
but it hardens as i make the gesture
my mind is blank
never thought id be perfect
never thought id be in a dark abyss.
i want to find a friend that wont decieve me
all i want is a best friend. . .
This world, is so ignorant and blind,
"Greed and Power" has altered our lives,
What happened to the will to live freely and in peace??
I'll tell te what.. It's Man and his Greed.
Man made money.
Man invented time.
They use this, to keep us in line.
To keep us busy, while they do fuck all,
Just collect the money you've worked your arse off for.
There's no such thing as freedom,
As we're forever in their grasp,
Fuck sake people..
Get your head out your ass!
Stand up! Speak up! Let it be Heard!
Together as One.
We can change the World!
Put it how it should of been..
Long before time.
All I ask, is to open your eyes.
Look back in History, open your mind,
It all adds up, you'll soon realise.
Prove what a Man truly is..
Courageous, Strong, Loyal in his word.
Be a Man.
Stand up to this corrupt fucking world.
"Greed and Power" has altered our lives,
What happened to the will to live freely and in peace??
I'll tell te what.. It's Man and his Greed.
Man made money.
Man invented time.
They use this, to keep us in line.
To keep us busy, while they do fuck all,
Just collect the money you've worked your arse off for.
There's no such thing as freedom,
As we're forever in their grasp,
Fuck sake people..
Get your head out your ass!
Stand up! Speak up! Let it be Heard!
Together as One.
We can change the World!
Put it how it should of been..
Long before time.
All I ask, is to open your eyes.
Look back in History, open your mind,
It all adds up, you'll soon realise.
Prove what a Man truly is..
Courageous, Strong, Loyal in his word.
Be a Man.
Stand up to this corrupt fucking world.
I stare
He returns the glare
His eyes are focused
His lips are clear
One must live
While the other disappears
Life is short
but this is shorter
Time stops
My life flashes nonstop
He spends
as i watch
Its too late to cheerish this moment
Before i know it
It stops
the gun has choosen
Its successivo victim
This game
has no winner
one dies
while the other survives
but maybe not for long
He would play again
with a different partner
He might even lose
And pay the price
With his life
Think about that, successivo time te play
We have settled the argument
no più disagreement
We know who must
Pay the price
The gun has choosen
And it picked . . .
CA-POW . . . me.
He returns the glare
His eyes are focused
His lips are clear
One must live
While the other disappears
Life is short
but this is shorter
Time stops
My life flashes nonstop
He spends
as i watch
Its too late to cheerish this moment
Before i know it
It stops
the gun has choosen
Its successivo victim
This game
has no winner
one dies
while the other survives
but maybe not for long
He would play again
with a different partner
He might even lose
And pay the price
With his life
Think about that, successivo time te play
We have settled the argument
no più disagreement
We know who must
Pay the price
The gun has choosen
And it picked . . .
CA-POW . . . me.
Tears of goodbye
Tears of fear
holding onto te
it consumes your heart
it rushes to your head
te shake and cringe
te stare and te wave
te grab your chest
as if it is now hollow
te whisper a note
te whisper a love
te turn to walk
but find te can't move
te take some breathes
and count to 10
te hold on to chest
once again
te start to calm down
te start to see
te find a mirror
and see what he now see's
te whisper soft
but yet still clear
te take one più breath
and start to quiver
te shake away the fear
and begin to trust
'how come i could Amore te and still it was never enough?'
what happens successivo is very suprising
your sure its just a dream
because a girl with a broken heart
just stopped crying her fears
and its then that te realised
te were più than enough
and te always had been
it wasn't te
it wasn't te and him
it was him that te didn't see
who played te along
and then who broke apart such a beautiful song.
Tears of fear
holding onto te
it consumes your heart
it rushes to your head
te shake and cringe
te stare and te wave
te grab your chest
as if it is now hollow
te whisper a note
te whisper a love
te turn to walk
but find te can't move
te take some breathes
and count to 10
te hold on to chest
once again
te start to calm down
te start to see
te find a mirror
and see what he now see's
te whisper soft
but yet still clear
te take one più breath
and start to quiver
te shake away the fear
and begin to trust
'how come i could Amore te and still it was never enough?'
what happens successivo is very suprising
your sure its just a dream
because a girl with a broken heart
just stopped crying her fears
and its then that te realised
te were più than enough
and te always had been
it wasn't te
it wasn't te and him
it was him that te didn't see
who played te along
and then who broke apart such a beautiful song.
As te know, I live in New Zealand, a place abundant with clouds, mountains, and pecora, pecore (I know, right!!!). This means that whenever we go on a school trip we're seeing lakes, o mountains, or, and this is my personal favourite, cespuglio, bush ('cause that never gets old). This time it was Mount Holdsworth.
After the trip we were asked to write some poesia that the cespuglio, bush had inspired. There was all that "If beauty could speak" cr*p, and some "Listen to the whisper of the trees", te know, all that. This is what it inspired for me...
ATTEMPT #1
The water running over the rocks,
makes me want to pee,
I think of Niagra falls,
The pee trickles down my knee.
ATTEMPT #2
The wind whistles in my hair,
makes me want to itch,
I scratch my hair a little bit,
Whoops, there goes a flying nit.
ATTEMPT #3
The bird chirping in the trees,
Makes my ears real sore,
Dad pulls a gun from his bag,
BOOM! Birdy chirps no more.
After the trip we were asked to write some poesia that the cespuglio, bush had inspired. There was all that "If beauty could speak" cr*p, and some "Listen to the whisper of the trees", te know, all that. This is what it inspired for me...
ATTEMPT #1
The water running over the rocks,
makes me want to pee,
I think of Niagra falls,
The pee trickles down my knee.
ATTEMPT #2
The wind whistles in my hair,
makes me want to itch,
I scratch my hair a little bit,
Whoops, there goes a flying nit.
ATTEMPT #3
The bird chirping in the trees,
Makes my ears real sore,
Dad pulls a gun from his bag,
BOOM! Birdy chirps no more.
This is a play I wrote.
There are three acts.
I'll add the successivo two later.
(scene 1)
(enter Gabby and Conner, who appear to be arguing)
Gabby: For real, Conner, I really don't trust Anna. (shakes her head)
Conner: Really, Gabby, her parents founded the church. How can te not trust her?
Gabby: Steve and sherry helped too.
(enter Anna)
Gabby: (death glares at Anna, but goes unnoticed)
Anna: So, Conner, are te talking to yourself o something?
Gabby: (clenches her fists, runs silently out of the room)
There are three acts.
I'll add the successivo two later.
(scene 1)
(enter Gabby and Conner, who appear to be arguing)
Gabby: For real, Conner, I really don't trust Anna. (shakes her head)
Conner: Really, Gabby, her parents founded the church. How can te not trust her?
Gabby: Steve and sherry helped too.
(enter Anna)
Gabby: (death glares at Anna, but goes unnoticed)
Anna: So, Conner, are te talking to yourself o something?
Gabby: (clenches her fists, runs silently out of the room)