Sally Tucker

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By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 10

I hate
Comparison
I dread
The deep
Judgment
Of difference
I’m irritated
How it
Winds through
Society
Sinking into
Our automatic
thoughts
I loathe
Any second
Glance
That isn’t
Quick acceptance
In my head
Even the
Angry words
I am writing
It bothers me
How you might
Be using
Any negative
Words about
This poem
Because
You're comparing
It to others
Right now
And you
Don’t think
There’s anything
Wrong with that

I want to run away

By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 9

I want to run away
From the intense swirling judgment
From people not accepting anyone else
Not knowing any opinion but their own
I want to run away
From the disastrous news stories
Scrolling across the blinking screens
From the bickering countries' arguments
Interfering, complicating things
I want to run away
From the popularity contests
Roaming high school hallways
The media blasting into our brain
The advertisements forcing down our throats
I want to run away
From drugged up, medicated role models
Polluted rivers, global warming
Companies creating new entertainment devices
While thousands go hungry each night
From this animal eating, TV-watching culture
I want to run away
From fighting, anger and hate
From stick-thin girls thinking they are fat
Love classified as right or wrong, no in between
From teens cutting, puking, starving themselves
Drinking, smoking, ruining their bodies for fun
From dense, impenetrable, dim judgment
I want to run away

Remember the Words "I Love You"

By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 9

Remember the first snow
The warmth of being inside
While its pouring out
Remember that day
They smiled your way
And your heart exploded
The long talks with whomever
Sneaking out of class
And seeing you’re not the only one
Laughing so hard
You can’t think of stopping
Feeling happy starring

Happiness

By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 9

Happiness.
It's being full without eating anything
It's wanting to scream with a sore throat
It's having energy to dance, sing, love
When you should be sleeping, crying, dying

Happiness.
It's not knowing what you want, but knowing it's out there
It's feeling beautiful, without seeing your reflexion in the mirror
It's having enough and more to share, teach, give
It's seeing that all you want is to stay like this forever

Happiness.
It's standing at the foot of the ocean
It's holding someone tight beside you
It's knowing how good life is and how much you'd loose without it
It's praying, leaping, crying, needing, loving

That feeling you get when you fill with energy or hope
That thing that makes you smile, laugh, sing
That passion and everlasting giddiness, that love
That part of your day you live for, the beauty
That's it.
Happiness.

Happiness

By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 9

Happiness.
It's being full without eating anything
It's wanting to scream with a soar throat
It's having energy to dance, sing, love
When you should be sleeping, crying, dying

Happiness.
It's not knowing what you want, but knowing it's out there
It's feeling beautiful, without seeing your reflexion in the mirror

Forever Life

By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 9

I’m leaping
And I know
The net is nowhere
Below me
I’m falling
and
I don’t know how
To catch myself
I’m landing hard
But my feet aren’t
Underneath me
I’m hurting
As I lie broken
Against cement

I had no idea
Life could be so
Painful
Rejection could be
so endless
I didn’t know I could
Plunge so deep
Beneath the surface
Of my power.
I’m dropping
With no hope of reaching
Control.
Control of my feelings
Of life of love
Of happiness
Of what seems
Beautiful
What seems right

I’m flying
Soaring
Reaching forever
Up
I’m running
With the wind
Guiding me forward
And forward
Into the unknown
Where I want to go
I’m dancing
Knowing the song
Won't stop
Because it's infinite
And full
Of every possibility

I know I can
Get myself to smile
Each day
I know I will
Guard myself from danger
Be strong enough
To let someone else
In
I know I’m living

Beauty

By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 9

if you asked
why put up with it all:
why cope with the stress
loss, depression
regret, hopelessness
anger, imperfection
Constantly fighting for something
We can’t all have
Always picking ourselves up
Only to fall again
I’d say
we live for beauty
For everything
around us
Just to see it all
the beauty of happiness
of sadness, love, laughter
endings and beginnings
the beauty of knowing
your human for feeling the pain
your healthy for crying
when they’re gone
the beauty
that we’ve all
decided is worth it
every hour of waiting
every word of rejection
its worth the moments
filled with beauty
the minutes beauty
completes you
so you don’t have to
question why you’re here
you just know
you want to be

By Sally Tucker
Hartford High School, Grade 9

Have you ever re-searched an empty envelope?
Counted the seconds of silence between songs?
Or tiptoed outside in the morning darkness
Barefoot?
Have you ever done something completely pointless
Just because most wouldn’t?

The world may be big, huge more like it
But is there much of it you’ve discovered?

By Sally Tucker
Upper Valley Waldorf School, Grade 8

Not Seeing
The pink sunset running down the dark hills
The sharp sun reflecting over lightness
The happy smiles, across endless faces spread

Not Hearing
The snapping fire, pop hissing
The lulling music, soothingly playing
The laughter turning people silly

Not Feeling
The soft comfort of the dogs fur

Unfamiliar face
By Sally Tucker
Upper Valley Waldorf School, Grade 8

I stare into the mirror
Who is that? I ask myself
It is funny how it’s so easy
To describe your friends and family’s personalities
But when it comes to yourself
You’re stumped

I wonder why my face isn’t more familiar