Aurea Armbruster

This was written as a personification poem for English. It had to be a fruit or vegetable and I chose a strawberry.

My reddish skin is
Red as an apple.
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Showing to the world
A smiling face
As my eyes proclaim
A look of grace
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My heart broken
My soul devastated
I just wonder off
Alone and hated
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If you do not have a broom
You cannot clean your room
The trash will soon start piling up
and you will never get a pup
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Everything near my heart
Has been taken and destroyed
I have nothing left to hold on to
For they have taken everything
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My friends are my only protection
Against the cruel world outside my door
They will always be there
That is what friends are supposed to do
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Whatever happened to the simple life
When I was a child
I had no worries
No troubles
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Friend…that is what you said to me
On that very day that we met
We promised we would be best friends forever
But now you are nowhere to be found
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Will you always be there
Never to turn your back on me?
People cannot be there always
For they do not care
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Flowing softly and gently
Expressing feelings without words
Constantly changing shapes
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This was written for my choir director, who recently told us he was leaving. I have known him for a very long time, so I wrote him this poem.

The moment you said
You were leaving here,
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My knight in shining armor
Must have lost his way
For no one has come for me
And all my days are gray
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Shining teardrops on my face
Never for the world to see
For if I shed a tear in front of them
I can never be seen again
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I look at the clouds.
In soft greens in the pasture
I lay in the grass.
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Please just do not swear
For it makes an angry bear

If you tell an alibi
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If someone loved me
They would hold me
Showing to me that
He cares about me
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Love is something that seems simple
But it is very complex
Why do only some people experience it
While others are made fun of for wanting it
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As I raise my instrument
My mind is racing
What note do I play first
Where is my next step
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My light is going out slowly
My spirit is dropping every day
Why does everything bad
Happen at the same time?
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Behind those heavy uniforms
There are normal people that are sweating
And pushing their bodies to the extreme
So that the show will go on
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