Life and Dreams

ByJordan Richardson2B, creative writing

Table Of Contents

• 1. Haiku poem• 2.The basketball dreamer poem• 3. Prose: short story on confidence• 4. Show me something, song rewrite• 5. Where I’m From poem• 6. There is no greater agony

Haiku poem

Life is a journeyFilled with many paths and roads

You decide your fate

The Basketball Dreamer pt.1

70,000 fan screaming He is as nervous as he has even been in his life

He’s shaking and gets GoosebumpsAll eyes are on him

This is his timeAll the blood, sweat, tears, were all worth it

Just for this one moment

The Basketball Dreamer pt.2His team is down by two with two seconds left

His team has possession of the ballThey inbound the ball to himHe shoots a fade away three

And….and…ITS GOOD!!

He wins the NBA championship for his teamHe is the hero

But,He flashes back to reality while alone in the gym

No fans, no other players, just himThe he kisses his ball and says to it

“We’ve got a long way to go”

Prose: confidence

• In some time ago, there was a student and his teacher. The teacher gave the student a simple problem and the student solved it. Once done, the teacher questioned the student by asking him if he was sure he had the right answer over and over again. The more the teacher asked, the less the student believed he got the right answer. Finally, the student gave up and said he didn’t know the answer. The teacher laughed and told him he had the right answer and that the lesson learned was to always have confidence in yourself no matter what you do or what anyone else says.

“Show Me Something” song rewrite

I sit and reminisce on them brothers no longer here And how I used to hit the mall and yall was always there I’ve seen my friends get in trouble with the law and yeah

That stuff cut me like I was sitting in a barber chairbecause I don’t want to see them locked behind them bars in there

And I don’t want to see them stretched out in a coffin yeahBut don’t worry about me because its almost here I’m talking about the revolution I am Paul revere

No need to cry baby please you can pause them tears Because I promise I’m going to get us out of here

Where I’m from pt.1

Where I’m FromI’m from 1709 Zimmerman court

a one story home with the most love in the world

just an only child unknowingly travelingdown an unknown road and not knowing why

I was a little butter baby aka peanutand buzzer bee at the time

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Where I’m From pt.2I’m from those preschool and kindergarten days,With Mrs. Nazneen who changed my life forever

The Frequent days spent with selena from across the street,Who I have not seen since

The barbershop days at Mr A’sAnd the haircuts always hurt

But he really took care of me and the atmosphere was greatI’ve only seen him once since

The days when Thomas the tank engine,Were more than toys, but a new adventure

When brian mcknight and KCI and JOJO songs meant so muchAnd they still do

When the fisher price basketball hoop was so precious to meAnd the moments when my sister first came into my life,

And changed mine forever

Where I’m From pt.3

I’m from those days at 2913 Chambers Dr.When dreams began to stay dreams

And I began to face realityFrom those elementary school days at northlanding

My first time ever at public school,and some of the best days in my life

from those playground days on the basketball court,when what was just fun back then is now a love for the game today

the football games every Friday with my Grandfather’s sonand the times when he began to show me how to become a man

• Simba and Mufasa

Where I’m From pt.4I’m from the days with my family

The most important thing I have and ever will havethe love that is rarely told but always shown

the family reunions every yearthat I always cherish and still do

I reside in Virginia BeachWhere I have lived my whole life

But Its more than that Its about the journey from 1709 Zimmerman CT. To 2913 Chambers Dr. and the road in between

That’s where I’m from

There is no greater agony

• I feel this is mostly true because we all have those time when something has happened in life and we just want to get it out. And the more we keep it inside the more we get anxious to tell it. Also, it affects us negatively in almost every way but especially emotionally. But when we finally do let it out, we feel so much better about ourselves and the situation.