Ramon De La Garza - Roosevelt High School

Accelerate till death, I'll say, for life's too short to move at a snail’s pace, anyways. Accelerate till death, for light is moving at light---------------------------------------------speed, anyways.

Bernadette Remington - La Vernia High School

“I love you” were the words that you spoke  
And I said “Do you though?”  
Making you wonder if it were merely a joke.

Bernadette Remington - La Vernia High School

Chains clanked softly in the empty ballroom, quietly competing with the music. A haunting melody filled the hall, barely drowning out the sounds of the creaks of the mechanisms moving the dancer.

Cambree Dylla - East Central High School

It was the buzz of a distorted guitar that made me stop in my tracks. Suddenly, the bustling noise of 27th Street seemed to fade, like someone had turned the volume down on the world around me.

Avika Shukla - Health Careers High School

This has become the beauty of our dreams 
The beauty we try to achieve 
Not one we can feel, but one we can see.

Angelica Cayobit - Louis D. Brandeis High School

In a world that spins with endless choice, 
I stand, whisper, longing for a voice. 
With paths unmarked, my heart’s a map, 
Yet all I carry is this heavy pack.