9. Write a poem reflecting upon your bench experience (or your impending high school graduation)

Hungry for love

by: Monica Peria

Gladly we spent every day together
Each day that passed kept getting better
One blissful moment after another
Never was there a dull moment we failed to conquer
A connection so special we'll keep forever
Encountering obstacles like never before
Laughing it out was our first answer
An answer our folks thought immature,

Mature or not we did not care,
Preparations for our futures was never there,

A tragic mistake the old man suffered,
Regrets he left from way back when,
Our family was still, like any other,
For i saw us dancing through sunshine and rain,
And i saw us laughing through joy and pain,
i saw time passing but did not change,
And i saw us together at the end of the day.

It’s the way a kiss lingers;

How a simple touch

Leaves butterflies in your heart…

It’s the way the rhythm of the rain

Seems like a gentle lullaby

While the soft breezes of the wind

Turn into goose bumps upon your skin..

It’s the way he says, “I love you”

As a whisper in your ear

How he’s always there

Whenever you look back..