The Tenth Muse
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The Tenth Muse Science Park High School Literary Magazine 2015-2016 The Tenth Muse Advisor Mr. Townsend Student Editors Adriana Dias, Sofia Cabodeira, Jessica Pereira, Katya Lijo, and Erik Lijo The Tenth Muse is dedicated to the Executive Council: Adriana Dias, Sofia Cabodeira, Jessica Pereira, and Katya Lijo Table of Contents Title Author Page(s) Emerging Shadows Fernando Zurita 1 My Hijab Saher Khan 2 Curiosity Jaysson Diaz 3 The Types of Love Jhersson Cueva 4 My Best Friend Diana Salinas 5 The Darkness Cesar Chomba 6 Embracing Faith Kevin R. Sedano 7 Cù Sìth Juanita Benton 8 Fear Danyelle Underdue 9 Seasonal Change Renee Johnson 10 The End Alyssa Ferreira 11 Fool’s Gold Akili Bell 12 Dark Sky Paradise Jeremy Pedro 13 Not Planned, But Loved Evonny Portilla 14 Babble Has Broken Toyosi Dickson 15 Visionaries Kaelaan Maynor 16 From Darkness to Light Vety Martinez 17 Climb Mountains Maria Lopez 18 Mini Me Janet Barrera 19 Our Love Tiffany Hayes 20 Entertainment Alexis Smith 21 Fashion Kyyller Mikyyla Williams 22 Maturing Jennifer Dios 23 Prevailing PoC’s Saija Fernandez 24 Awareness Saleh Houshmand 25 Driven in Darkness Jaeline Granda 26 Friends for a Lifetime Sofia Cabodeira 27 Tempest Fahad Fardeen 28 Chaos and the Calm Barbara Batista 29 With Rose Yasmim De Almeida 30 An Unscripted Quest Natasha Cunha 31 Dysphoria Ines Borralho 32 Finding Purpose Joseph Arewa 33 Transitions Ashley Morales 34 The Art of Music Adriana Dias 35 The Key Thomas Loureiro 36 Troubled Times Grace Burga 37 Egg Mathushanth Ravichandren 38 Breaking Chains Katya Lijo 39 Sweet Symphonies Qian Weng 40 Time’s Up Pamela Cardoso 41 A Costumed Land Lindsay James 42 Entrepreneur Ferdinand Loperena 43 Awake Leonid Rempel 44 Live Through the Game Nicole Pimentel 45 Mental Paradise Maya Beckham 46 Perplexed Heart Ivana Freitas 47 Life’s Perpetual Gift Dileyanne Spezio 48 Seize the Day Michael Figueira 49 Driven in Darkness Jaeline Granda 50 Worthless Life Elena Malova 51 Falling Humberto Machado 52 Eternal Beauty Nurys Cedano 53 Nature vs. Nurture Karine Duarte 54 Set Free Quadriyyah Bell 55 My Number One Dayana Fernandez 56 Senior Year Jason Ulloa 57 Free Will Luis Duran 58 The Dying Tree Jessica Vega 59 Helpful Handicap Jennifer Santos 60 So Long Jarad Sneed 61 Chapters Gabrielle Brasil 62 A Lucid Dream Josue Rivera 63 Momma Bear Sara Dos Santos 64 A Beautiful Lie Paige Jurado 65 Blessed….Phenomenally Queenstar Banini 66 Some Fool Bryan Palacios 67 Mirage Enrique Domenech 68 One Day Enrique Vargas 69 Confused Angelee Caraballo 70 That One Key Moment Erik Lijo 71 Darn Nathalia DeSouza 72 Clarity Meiryn Castaneda 73 The Game of Basketball Christopher Velasco 74 These Days Nestor Yupa 75 The Gift Unchosen Cindy Cueva 76 Long Awaited Te’Asia Alston 77 Untold Anguish Arianna Ocasio 78 Granted Love Anye Sharif 79 For Love? Yaa Sarpong 80 The Boy I Once Knew Gisselle Burgos 81 Intelligence Fabio Pires 82 We Lost Aquib Ramkishun 83 My Day Maurice Ware 84 There’s No Crying in Baseball Brendo Campos 85 Libertas Jaysson Diaz 86 – 90 A Recollection: Reclaimed Ines Borralho 91 – 94 The Night Thomas Loureiro 95 – 98 Charlie the Charger by Barbara Batista Controlling Fate By Mr. Townsend The distant stars that shine above my head Produce in me an all-consuming joy, But I know darkness can proceed to dread, Eclipsing that which it seeks to destroy. For like a mirror that reflects some source, I give back all the feelings I receive, As each reflection shapes and guides my course, Determining the things I can achieve. Yet like a ship that sways upon the sea And struggles to regain a stable state, I see success is shaped to some degree By both my actions and the will of fate. Until I put this knowledge to good use, The heavens abound with ready-made excuse. Emerging Shadows By Fernando Zurita The untold story of an evil man, A devastated human in disguise, Beneath his face there lies something to scan, Which looked upon reveals wonders in great surprise. For like a fish who is fooled in a bowl Is a man seeking for an asylum; Humanity where there is no such soul, And there is no such thing as home to come; A voice withering in the thickening cold With a resilience to overcome, To fill the deepening void of the told, And fight the outcome of the wild slums. The day the unperceived become heard Will be the day the absurd is observed. (Winner of Mr. Townsend’s 12th Grade Sonnet Competition) 1 My Hijab By Saher Khan What do you see when your eyes stare at me? Some just glance at me while some simply stare. Do you see me oppressed or see me free? Is it because I do not show my hair? You say that father will become outraged, You say he stole away my precious voice, You say that my hijab has made me caged, You say I am controlled and have no choice. So those guys don’t say I am a cutie, You say I always want to start a fight; They should see me for my inner beauty, And you should be inspired by my sight. See I’ve declined from being a guy’s toy, And won’t be controlled by a silly boy. (Finalist in Mr. Townsend’s 12th Grade Sonnet Competition) 2 Curiosity By Jaysson Diaz One’s delving can compel toward success That is fed by the urge to innovate, To create so as to embody progress, Yet we are fools for what anticipates. Inquiry can be lesser, petty seeds In the full springtide dew and on the climb; To ripen into hefty blossoms and lead The charge through the unending trail of time. What may seem bountiful can be untruth When savage showers surge upon the lot, And cautioned floods seem to destroy the youth Of that mature bud with unbridled thought. We lament discoveries that we make, But beauty still remains in all mistakes. (Finalist in Mr. Townsend’s 12th Grade Sonnet Competition) 3 The Types of Love By Jhersson Cueva There's unconditional like agape And special eros leaves us all in woe; We show great storge in many shades of grey, And platonic with warmth like phileo. Real love can come in only natural ways Just like the deserts long for the cool rain; I long for your company, countless days, To wash away the everlasting pain. What if this is all just a giant test As if God put me and you here on Earth To find each other and not be dispossessed, Thus came a new life form that is love's rebirth. With effort that's nothing short of sublime, You begin and end our beautiful rhyme. (Finalist in Mr. Townsend’s 12th Grade Sonnet Competition) 4 My Best Friend By Diana Salinas You are the one that I do truly love, You do complete my days with your sweet laugh, You are beautiful like a big white dove, Best friends are two, you are my other half. Sometimes I tilt like a fragile flower, But to the rescue you come with water, And make me get a very good shower, You push me out to the sun where it’s hotter. He gave me a pal who is dutiful, Even though it is only a lend, I promise to give you back beautiful, I am blessed to call you my best friend. You and me, another way to say us, You know you are the only one I trust. (Finalist in Mr. Townsend’s 12th Grade Sonnet Competition) 5 The Darkness By Cesar Chomba The animal with no known barrier, The species that’s the lowest of the low, And all its flaws you can easily know, For war and death it is a carrier. Constantly haunting life as a numen, Because of this creature the world is broken; A being whose name should not be spoken, A dreadful animal called a human. And yet in darkness there exists a light, A shining glimmer of hope on the earth; There are those few who put up the good fight, Those people keep the light in shinning bright. They drive out darkness and bring in new birth, The light stays on even in the darkest night. 6 Embracing Faith By Kevin R. Sedano The end will come for me, for you, for us, Sweet purgatory reaching nameless ends. Our death to come, a fear we won't discuss, Repentance and our wish to make amends. It speaks, we heard, but we're not listening; We see them pass, but act like it's a lie. We can't! We won't! It is so sickening; But why? Fair not. We'll fight, we will not die. Oh Death, don't take my soul. Don't kill me, please; Spare me, I'm good, I'm great, I'm worthy Sir. I know we won't be missed, we're a disease. We breathe, we lived, we die, that's all we were. The young must grow, the old will die, that’s life; My time is here, I will accept Death’s knife. 7 Cù Sìth By Juanita Benton In the moonlight, a divine beast roams free, Grand paws hover with grace over dewed grass. And she, the wolf, performs as night’s banshee, Black fur ashen as nightfall comes to pass. Both the moon and the dark serve as her aid In this eternal jaunt of most dire aim; Three harrowing howls commence her crusade; From the wood she comes to receive her claim.