Student Spotlight – Ariel Herrera
Ariel posted two awesome poems to the discussion board in class. We wanted to share them with you!
Just one of those Gloomy days, you feel like writing…
Shield what they can’t see
despair is what I hide
within me secrets blossom
chaos and despair is what i feel
what they don’t know is what I hide
I appear with cheer
with a smile of love
a heart of gold
is what I’ve been told
but what they don’t know
are the tears I drown beneath
a man can’t cry
is what they say
and yet they cry when they die
so why can’t one cry when a piece of one dies
a piece of joy and happiness
decaying away in darkness
away from the light
afraid to come out
to simply be forgotten without concern
what they don’t know is the play I live
an act is a time of day
one scene is a mask of joy
and another of dread
of simplicity
put with sorrow
I look to the future
but all I see is my play coming to an end
the curtain close
and I do nothing
I live a life of misery and joy
a life of love and hatred
a life of tears in the darkness
and of laughs with the light
a secret is what I hide
a secret no one can be told
a secret I am yet to confront
for when I do
the secret will overpower me
and the curtain will truly fall upon me…
Dedicated to the “POPTARTS”
The darkness spreads like fire
it’s flames and immortal life burning through every heart
but as the darkness approaches my heart
a light shines from within
within my heart a glimpse of hope escapes
a glimmer of chance is what I see
of what or where does this light come from
from within my heart is spreads
as a ripple in a lake
the light grows to immense power
piercing the darkness from all angles
warning it
“this heart you can not have!
this heart is protected
for as long as we live our friendship will overcome it”
from within my heart come the faces
the faces which the darkness can not touch
the light which no evil can destroy
my friends and I will hold on strong
and keep those demons at bay.
Ariel is a student at Tampa Bay Technical Institute and is working in a nursing program.
