Do it ! Image.

1. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
2. Dead as a doornail
3. Take the tiger by the tail
4. Never bite the hands that feed you
5. If only walls could talk
6. The pot calling the kettle black
7.  Think outside the box
8.  Monkey see monkey do
9. But at the end of the day
10. Plenty of fish in the sea
11. Every dog has its day
12. Like a kid in a candy store

 

The pot outside the box , Think calling the kettle black.

Every dog has the sea, It’s day for plenty of fish

Take a kid by the tail, Like a tiger in a candy store

 

“If only walls could talk, no one would feel alone in a room.”

Do it ! Diction.

1. No one can see me, no one would stop me, no one could help me. They would just call the house but it would be too late. My only regret is not saying goodbye . She’d have the coffee on. There was a time during my search for a cure when I tried everything to stop including giving up countless hours of sleep  . The smell filled the void in my heart. I loved to drink a glass of warm milk in the evening, to say goodnight to a long day after we’d spent another hour together. I’d tell her now it’s going okay except for the poison. It’s going okay except for how much I miss her and why it was important to drink milk.  Was it to warm? Did it leave a baffling taste in her mouth?! I’ve never been a very good mind reader. [From Joshua Ferris’s The Unnamed]

 

2 .No one can see me, no one would stop me, no one could help me. They would just call the Condo but it would be too late. My only regret is saying hello. She’d have the coffee on. There was a time during my search for a cure when I tried everything to stop including giving up many days of daydreaming. The smell filled the extravagant beats of my heart. I loved to drink a gallon of vodka in the morning, to say Good Morning to a short year after we’d spent another lousy minute together. I’d tell her now it’s going okay except for the poison. It’s going okay except for how much I miss her and why it’s not good to drink vodka. _Was it me? Did my love for her push her away?! I’ve never been a very good candidate for relationships. [From Joshua Ferris’s The Unnamed]

 

The tone has changed dramatically, it went from being sad and broken to being angry and depressed.  The meaning of the passage went from losing a loved one to being heart broken and ashamed to love. It was fun doing this assignment.

Do It ! Make a Replacement Poem

Dreams

Langston Hughes, 1902 - 1967

Hold fast to dreams


For if dreams die


Life is a broken-winged bird


That cannot fly. 

Hold fast to dreams


For when dreams go


Life is a barren field


Frozen with snow.

 

Flowers

Stare viciously at flowers

Regardless so flowers breathe

Blossoms from a double brief window

Without flexing sinks

 

Stare viciously at flowers

Regardless daily flowers crawl

Blossoms from a phone village

Exploding under mountains

 

This poem is one of my favorite poems and the author is one of my favorite authors. This task was a bit difficult due to the identifying of words. Overall I like how this task challenged my mind.

It’s kind of crazy how this world is. I feel like everyone is so judgmental .No one is open to trying new things. Nobody is optimistic anymore. It seems as if no one thinks for themselves anymore. They come across something new and they never stop to question it. They just go with what they heard. People are so closed minded it’s sad. Or am I to open minded? Is that even possible? Maybe it’s a bad thing to always ask a question even when you know the answer already. Or maybe it’s a good thing? I I I I I I I I I I I don’t really know. I just feel like this happens all the time. I feel like I’m the one person out of the bunch that’s different and I stand out because of that but sometimes standing out is not what I want to do. There are days where I wake up and just want to “FIT IN” but I know deep down I wasn’t made to fit in.

Words that Strike Me:

-          Too judge mental

-          Optimistic

-          Trying New things

-          Closed minded

-          Too Open Minded

-          Ask A Question

-          Being different

-          Standing Out

Puzzle Piece

If the clouds were to rain paint and the sun gave off arm lengths of taint

Would your first reaction be to worry?

One would question the ability of nature, yet another would be amazed.

You see at that moment, one’s mind is now branded with the title “DIFFERENT”.

Now begins the process of being judged by those who never went through suffering

You’re now put on this invisible ass pedestal and everything you do and say is too optimistic

Yet that same pedestal is the thing that breaks you down

You often wonder if standing out is what made you profound

But often wondered if trying new things gave you the wrong crown.

Are you really made to be that missing piece? Or are you the piece that’s being made to fit the empty space?

I found this assignment to be very easy. These are just thoughts that are in my mind on the daily. I often write them down when I come across stressful times. I don’t usually share these inner thoughts but I’m very optimistic and I wonder a lot about what other people’s thoughts are. I’m fascinated when it comes to how a human can think and why they think the way they think.

A Sip Of Knowing

A Sip Of Knowing

As he sat in silence, thinking about what life used to be

He desperately became mesmerized with the thought of being free

He was drinking

He drowned himself with misery thoughts of shallow nights

Then began studying the basic thoughts of human rights.

He was drinking.

Slavery, Abuse, Neglect all transpired in a time where the lack of education was a bliss

Yet his mind protested for his ancestors and re united what was once a meaningless kiss

He was drinking.

As the soothing warmth of knowledge runs down his face

He stood tall …..