Face in the Crowd
Just a face in the crowd
A brick in the wall.
Someone who is strange
When all comes to all.
No crazy antics
No stories to share.
I know that I’m young
And I probably shouldn’t care.
My life hasn’t started
And I feel like something’s wrong.
When you’ve got nothing to do
Everyday seems long.
Everyone has hobbies
Places to be.
While at the end of every school day
I’m left with just me.
Maybe when I’m older,
All of this will change.
And I’ll have life
Crazy, free and strange.
When that day comes
I’ll think back to now.
Back to when I thought
I was just a face in the crowd.
Niamh Duffy
Self Esteem
Be good to you
Be yourself, truthfully.
Accept yourself, gratefully.
Value yourself, joyfully.
Forgive yourself, completely.
Treat yourself, generously.
Balance yourself, harmoniously.
Bless yourself, abundantly.
Trust yourself, confidently.
Love yourself, wholeheartedly.
Empower yourself, immediately.
Give yourself, enthusiastically.
Express yourself, radiantly.
Amy Cunningham
‘That Other…’
That person that plays, that plays on your mind
The one you’ve waited your whole life to find.
The reason to cry, to laugh and to smile
Your favourite telephone number to dial.
That feeling of finally being complete
He calls it cheesy, but I call it ‘sweet’.
The closest of friendships, no secrets between,
Someone to hug, a safe place to lean.
That medicine that you cannot live without
The candle that shines on the shadow of doubt.
The person you dreamed of who’ll always be there
A soul to soul other, a lifetime to share.
Chloe White
Childhood’s Gone
Fake Friends
Ballpoint pens
Kicking off
Make amends
Hate school
Made the fool
Detention now
Don’t break the rule
Bad skin
Teenage spots
Smoking fags
Taking shots
Helpfully,
Ugly,
Pretty,
Fun,
Loneliness has just begun
Enjoying life,
Now insecure
Childhood’s gone
Now nothing’s pure.
Leah Creighton
Bullying
It’s lowlifes who just can’t deal
with their own problems
so they take it out on others
make them feel like dirt
but it’s all about themselves
it’s from a place of hurt.
A bully as a person is the worst kind
because no one knows what’s going on
in someone else’s mind.
Nobody can really see what goes on
behind closed doors.
Young people committing suicide
crying on our floors.
See the bullies and the bully
will tell everyone how nice you were
how great you are
and how much they got on with you
then they’ll take it back and twist it round
into something that isn’t true.
Once you say something you can’t take it back
so if your planning on being mean or horrible
then be prepared to take the flak
So the effect you have on someone
Becomes the effect they have on you.
People stretch before they snap
And then snap at you
Even if they seem like they don’t care
you don’t know how they really feel.
Perfect is a dream that was never meant
To be real
We weren’t designed to be perfect
So we shouldn’t be judged for our imperfections.
Tiffany Winder
School Life
When you’re a fifteen
Life seems so mean
You’re under so much pressure
Everyone thinks you’re just a messer.
There’s so much expected from you
In everything you say and everything you do
They expect you to act grown up
But still treat you like a wee pup.
But what they don’t realise
Even though it’s right in front of their eyes
That we are still only young
And we need a bit of fun.
Too much work will destroy us
And for them all to lay off won’t take much.
Caitlin Fee
Under Pressure
Feeling under pressure doesn’t get much better
Confused but want to snooze
I don’t know what to do with my life oh feck, I’m doomed.
I`m sure you must know they say oh please live my life for one day you won’t know what to say.
Still at school don’t know what to do…
It’s all about college, money, exams and other pressure too.
Having a grade D wont get you a degree
You need to try harder my mother says I just want to be free
Claire Keenan
GAA
We start from a young age, because we’ve got dreams
So… when we train and play with our team
Were one step away from our dreams.
Dreams of being equal and being noticed.
We as women are underrated when it comes to sport
Told that we haven’t the skill like the men have
But we still train in the freezing cold of winter and deadly heat of summer.
We still suffer as much as the men!
Football is more than a game to women
But sure the men don’t think that
Its our life, our passion, our love
We sacrifice evenings with kids and Sundays with families for GAA
When we’re old and grey and cannot play anymore
We will always love the game more than the men have ever known.
They may have the support but we have the love and passion for the game that they will never know!!!
Karla Martin
Tractors
Keep ‘er lit keep ‘er burning keep the big oul wheels a turning
To keep her going so raise your glass and we’ll go at the grass
Cause we haul some grass and slap some ass. If the moneys
Right we’ll go all night even if the wife says it not right
The Deere will fight when she’s getting her tight drop a gear
And let ‘er tear some tar. Let the blue smoke with all her poke
Let the oul yoke sing and keep er country with hit the diff on
And let your lassey drive your Massey.
Cian Callan