Harrison Inocencio Assignment 2

High School Halls

Sometimes if you stand

in the center of it all

in order to examine

these overcrowded halls,

You'll find something

that you knew was there

but had never observed before

with any care

Boys and girls

all shapes and sizes

all personalities and characters

all with lives to live and places to go

like a light display on Christmas Eve

so many colors 

in such a big display

Jostling, rushing yes

hustling and bustling

to the ding of a bell

scattering to all corners of building

yet funneling into one path

high school may be tough

but we all survive together

we all learn together

we all change together

Yes that's right

As the last pair of sneakers 

find their seat

Knowing is really kinda neat

That we will all soon stand on that stage 

bounds as deep as any marriage

This place will harbor all our dreams and sorrows

Were all the same here,

Between us their is no hate

Oh, there goes the bell

Looks like your late!

      I tried to create a very optimistic and cheerful tone in my poem through the use of relaxed and positive diction, as well as positive similes to try and illustrate a connection between all of us in high school, and that the fact were all here learning together is what makes high school so unique. My usage of diction choices such as "together" and "dreams" to try and show my optimistic attitude, while similes such as the "light display on Christmas Eve", are an attempt to create positive images in the readers mind, so they associate the feelings they have between the two events.