Breezing through Life

I was cleaning up my room the other day and ran across an old English class project I did back in high school.The task was to pick a style/ rhyme pattern and write. I choose the simplest one AABB. It is one of my first poems. It was written on 3/4/2000. It a very interesting thing to look back on work you have written, especially 10 years ago. I mean geez I was 14 yrs old. Ok here it is.

For he is an old soul trapped in a sinful body
Sedrick’s life came and went and he was not a noddy
The 29th of April he brought into this world
Not eager, not excited, he was glad he wasn’t a girl

Princess and Etienne were his mom and dad
At Grady Hospital they were glad
They were not together very long
Divorce was coming that was wrong

At about five his grandmother died
Everyone but him bowed down and cried
He remembers his grandmother when she was alive
He has never forgot his grandmother since age five

He lived a happy life as an only child
He was very bright and nurtured for a while
But evil lies in every heart unnoticed to everyone
But good was greater than it and always won

He lived in Fulton County a place he loved very much
His preschool across the street and his teacher was Dutch
In walking distance everything was just across the street
His family ate and shopped in the same place but they listen to a different beat

He lived in Morris Mill
When he would sleep, everything was still
In his apartments he played with everyone and everyone played with him
They ran around, played Nintendo, and even used to swim

He rode the school bus everyday
In the back was where the big kids used to play
He was very little when he sat down
He would try everyday but his feet never touched the ground

His bus passed over a bridge in the street
It was hit from the back and crash was not neat
Everyone was screaming up and down the aisle
One boy’s neck was cut open and he was bleeding for a while

This accident was on TV
He would remember the accident but only what he could see
His mom came to the accident
She picked him up and off they went
Life was short there he lived there for 5 to 6 years he thinks
The next thing he knows he’s moving in two or three weeks
He would being skipped from Kindergarten to the 5th grade
But the memory of this class he went to everyday seem to fade

Although he was very smart there was more he wanted to know
He liked nature and wanted to be a viceroy
First grade in a new school came along
He learned the ABC’s and a new song

He did not have many friends in this new school
He had only one friend named Redel who acted like a fool
The chicken pox claimed his whole class
He was a victim of this great contagious mass

He likes to play Nintendo a lot
He had the blaster gun and the game where the ducks got shot
He liked Mario Borthers 1, 2, and 3
He loved when Mario had a star and got invincibility

In the second grade he was part of the crew
The traffic light in the Cafeteria went off when we got loud too
Mrs. Stanford was his teacher for a year
When she got mad she caused great fear

It was third grade he went through
And cursive he learned too
There were many problems curving lines
But after a while his writing seemed fine

Sedrick never played any sports at this time
He was heathly and not must continue this rhyme
Baggy pants were the style
No one knew this style was going to be here a while

Then came Sega Genesis
Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Robotnik his evil nemesis
Street Fighter came out with Ryu and Ken
The object of the game was to beat M. Bison and win

4th grade came along with no fear
But there were obstacles this year
He learned many things form Mr. Bouquette
So many skills attained he will never regret


He wrote stories this quarter
Everyone came from his imagination without any order
But his stories were not yet up to perfection
He went back to every one and did he corrections

Fifth grade would be the last year in elementary
Also in 5 years he would start a new century
In his science class they did many experiments
These experiments took skill and good judgment

Field Day was a day for which he could not wait
But too bad he sprained he ankle and could not participate
He watched the whole day pass in despair
He was sitting down resting his ankle in a chair

How he was going to be in new place
He’s now in the M to M program and a new school he must face
At Henderson he would be in the 6th grade
And his school records that were supposed to be sent were delayed

He started to enjoy his new surroundings
But his math grades were not astounding
This would be his first and last year in this school
He graduated with a president’s award and that was very cool

He was going to the new school down the street
He would spend 7th and 8th grade there and new friends he must meet
He was accepted into the Magnet program now
In his new class playing was not allowed

This year he would train to be on next’s year’s football team
The competition he would face is unlike what it seemed
His training would pay off this upcoming year
In the first game of the season he was struck with fear.

This was the first time he had ever run the ball
And the other team’s player’s had to be at least 6ft tall
Henderson vs. Peachtree was the best game of the season
He made two game saving touchdowns that’s the reason

This was his first touchdown of the year
Everyone was happy for him and the principal cheered
Nicos also scored two touchdowns that day
Even though they lost, in his mind they won he would say


Field Day was an awaited event
It was filled with excitement
He would go on that day to win the 50 yard dash
He was the only one to set a school record from his class

The end of the year had finally come
He would miss his teachers but only some
Some of his friends went to Tucker he doesn’t know why
But to Henderson Middle he must say goodbye

Now he is going to Lakeside
While he is at Lakeside he has learned about riptides
The football team this year was not good
But next year’s team will play as they should

He is trying to finish this autobiography
But it is really hard to find the right photography
Also another obstacle he must overcome is to rhyme
If he waits any longer he is going to run out of time

Mrs. Asher is the homework Queen
A day without homework is unseen
But he has learned a lot from this class
He has learned to reduce air pollution by using lead-free gas

Mrs. Sanders’ class is really tough
It he doesn’t make good grades things at home will get rough
He has to make amends with his soul
This is and will be his goal

This autobiographical poem has finally finished
He has said all that could be said and now he must diminish
His life has just begun and there’s a lot to be done
He will hope and pray that he will have fun.