Runaway Postcard: Alone
RACISM
By: Joshua Tou Yeng Yang
I live in this world ruled by race,
But I see tears of my people,
Tears of the Hmong,
The tears of the young crying for their moms.
The discrimination for the sad stories our parents told us about the Vietnam War,
Being the blame why the U.S. lost the War.
Being mistaken everywhere we go,
Being call Chinese,
Being call chink,
It hurts my heart and my soul.
and
Maybe one day the Hmong people will find hope.
Until then our people will face this discrimination.
Wonder Why
I wonder,
I wonder,
Why sometimes we die
Why sometimes we cry
Why sometimes we lie
Why this fool i know is a puss why, why
Why we die in a world like this
Like a wise guy said you don’t need to put on make up
All you need to do is to take off that fake stuff
And you need is to wake up
So i wonder why
Why sometimes we die
Why sometimes we cry
Why sometimes we lie
Why we need to drink ourselves to deaf
All you need to do is take a deep breath
And let your pain go away
And start a new day
So i wonder why
Why sometimes we die
Why sometimes we cry
Why sometimes we lie
Why we judge other people before we even know them
Why we make them the bad guy and not the good guy
Because inside every angry person
There is a good person
So i wonder sometimes
Why sometimes we die
Why sometimes we cry
Why sometimes we lie
I just wonder, wonder why sometimes……
– Jeffrey, 14
Runaway: " what are your reasons for running away?"
Some people think kids runaway just because they want attention. Not true. It’s because of the problems at home that are not seen from the outside. Abuse, neglect, & rapes are just three of the top runaway issues but it is not all of the reasons why teens runaway.
Runaways: "why are these girls here?"
Most runaways are girls. Why are these girls here? They may be here because they have been victimized or abused. Most girls who have been victimized fear the shame that will be brought upon them and their families, so they keep it a secret or runaway. Many sad stories have been told about girls running away because they were abused and raped. So what can we do to help them? How can we help them? How can we stop the abuse and rapes?
Runaway: "why run here?"
Why sleep here? There are other places where youth runaways could go. They could go to a shelter home, a friends house but why out here in the streets or door steps of another persons? Some teens may just be looking for a place to stay because they feel like they have no other places to go because of the troubles their in and how frighten they are because of the situation.
Medusa's Riddle
The play were on
Friday 8/1 at 5:30 p.m.,
Sunday 8/3 at 8:30 p.m.,
Tuesday 8/5 at 7 p.m.,
Thursday 8/7 5:30 p.m.,
& Saturday 8/9 at 1 p.m.
The first day wasn’t a bright day for the actors. Everyone was nervous and pretty still. It was said that it looks like the play was more of like someone reading a script. As the week went by our actors started to gain progress. We had some good review on Thursday 8/7, and on our last day Saturday 8/9 everybody did a pretty good job up on stage. Our dancers were pretty good through out the week. They had some mistake up on stage but they corrected it with well cover up acts.
The Ride
As I go, advancing through the night,
I will gallop, I will trot, I will ride,
Jumping up, like a baby bird, attempting flight,
Leaping over rocks and broken trees on their side,
The grounds, black, and the heavens, ablaze,
The war above raging with an inner fire,
My heart too fast a rhythm, my feet, crazed,
The evil behind be, pushing me higher,
The buring forest a sight to see,
I fear the thing that all things dread,
But with the fire almost catching me,
And the thing behind me that wants my head,
My efforts never good enough,
No time to say I have it hard.
– August
Finding Love
Every time when I see my love in sight,
I really want to tell her how much I feel inside,
But then I see her with another guy, so then I locked myself and cried,
Even though it makes me sadder but that doesn’t matter,
All I want to see is her beautiful Smile.
-Anonymous