Superhero or Villain

Jenna Kisker
8th Grader from Berry Creek Middle School

As kids we were obsessed with the superheroes
We wanted to be just like them
We wanted to save the world and be loved by all
Our parents would tell us their stories
All about how they flew over the world
Or had super vision
Maybe super speed
To be that great was such an inspiration
You would dress up as them for halloween
And tell all your friends that you had met them on your family trip to disneyland
Being in love with superheroes was a part of your childhood
You could say a right of passage
But as we grew up we understood the villains

UP NEXT TO TRY HIS HAND…

By Mia Penasa
homeschooled 11th grader

A faint stench arises from the damp dirt beneath sweat sodden feet
Tread lightly now, these chains will not bear themselves
With a heave stones are stacked upon crumbling spears
Once sharp-tonged children of the brave and naive
Put to the test before a cheering crowd
Disowned after emperor is crowned
What a solemn funeral indeed when stumbling to casket is witnessed
Spectators are in an uproar of hearty celebration
What a moment to witness the walk of a dearly beloved captive
Remnants of protective prisons
Are being awarded as trophies to the dominant alpha
Are tossed as bouquets of flowers to those attending feasts with fate
That same spear, right to stare in the eye
Grasped by long-fingered gloved hands the eye of  a lion
Philosophers pose this query in hushed whispers
From behind fortress walls of leather-bound honest falsities
Serve as a shield as good as any to obscure ones view
To quickly avert eyes behind when silently pleaded with by a crawling fragment of history
His sandal has come untied they notice
Still restraints unseen bind his callused feet
He is horse before cart
A shove on the back may cause a stumble into gravity
As always looking up at cruel lord in purple announcing loudly the wish for his success
Goodbye false idol with a burial ground for a temple
Your holy water never reached the most parched lips
A light tap of tarnished steen shall never reach you
But the ink in the well is drying up
And with longer stride comes quicker pace
So under applause, he signs off parchment regretfully
Your humble warrior
Unwritten
Slave

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