"As if I were a butterfly, I have traveled a long journey, coming so far. Beginning as a cute, little, chubby caterpillar, I have grown into a big, beautiful, colorful butterfly. Still growing new colors upon my wings. I may seem like a typical teenager, but my heart is cemented with a child-coated heart. The essence of the girl herself, glows in her priceless bliss. A girl of wonder, a girl to retreat to for peace; I am Leslie Zielske, confidently writting each new page in life." -8th Grade Exit Interview
Indentify Stereotype
Look
Shells do not mark what they hide
Used to these re-occuring questions.
Now it does not phase
The potential that is so constantly re-phrased.
Look
This being is more than what you seek.
May you not seem so culturally weak?
Look
Step closer, okay fine take a peak.
Take my personality
Not my shell you recently
So welcomingly you judged.
Acquainted I will not blame you.
The skin is used to this usual
So don't worry it's not unusual.
Hopefully one day your shoes will realize
That you learned was not what you despise
To treat others with reprise
And simply to take a moment to realize
May this quick calls learn to sterilize
Look
Connected as strong as roots to the Earth, intertwined they were towards the face of desire, like a jewel sparkling within their fallen eyes soon to be captured into thy forgiving soul...Green as murky lake water hides the soft surface that is soon to be breached, only faintly aware of what the future underneath could bestow.
What makes you happy
An age where glistens listen
But some take difference
The isolate just smitten
Or decide to experience
Be positive
Dance against brightened sparkles
Realize the life to live
Don't fall into darkle
Richness never follows rule
So go regain yourself
Leave boredome alone to drool
Retrieve those memories of the shelf
Do not add the sum of guilty
For life is not a penalty.
Confession
Lessons learned
how to be on my own
Lessons learned
I am not alone.
How much how little
Time lost
No thought, no riddle.
Trust what you know
So the unknown won't haunt you.
Learn to listen
Learn to love
Learn to hurt
and expect the worst.
Prepare to repeat,
Learn not to overheat.
It's not a big deal, let it go.
Experience something new.
Remeber what is lost,
But rejoice in the reward.
Although nothing compares to the ultimate.
Ill admit I'm scared,
but thou shall not be harmed.
The Lord is fully armed.
So go on with dignity
without any worry
because you are worthy.
Now go live happily.
Society Propriety
Polka dots, Parking lots
let the Silent Night scream,
Goodnight restless day, go to sleep. Seems to be a constant flowing stream...
the mind's possibilities are endless when in a dream.
be a resistant as a rock,
than the current shall not phase you.
Let erosion smooth your edges. Look up and find your in luck.
See the guardians?
Shining in white,
Strong against fright.
They have might, so it's going to be alright.
All in a pulluted blanket of blue
The one's who love you
will stick like glue.
Sometimes they aren't even
the people
who you thought you knew.
Learn to accept,
Let the colors grow.
There's only one way it'll show.
There's only so much to do.
Before our cheeks start turnin' blue.
So live aloud,
Soon withstand the crowd. Transform only when rare.
Don't be mild as a pear.
Like a sunset shimmering
against the stroganough shaded sea.
Kiss your neighbor,
Spare love for your enemy.
For they have taught you distraught,
Overcome the hate with compassion.
You'll impact others
and maybe even start a new fashion.
Sew the ones who take away rights, be the body against the machienery.
There is ALWAYS more of you and less of them.
So fight for the users, we've been made into consumers.
Long live peace and prosperity,
so what we stand for isn't a rarity. don't let the media fool you,
but enlighten in the pursuit of happiness.
Because that is what you deserve and nothing less.
Don't let this country regress.
Beautiful World
I thought to myself what a beautiful world this would be,
If everyone started to be who they all wanted to be.
But then I realized
we all have what we need
we just don't know how to use it.
The world turned back at me, puzzeled how to answer.
He had already told me how everything was,
it's just sometimes I would forget all of those things as if the seasons had faded.
But then I felt my creatures undertake me.
They paved a path just for me.
Now I can see how everyone and everything need to be.
As much as I needed them
in order to be me as I can be.
Every molecule of the earth around me seeped into my pores so smee.
I gave them my hand,
to hopefully one day tell the story instead of by pretend.
Just like how I have this all planned. Intertwined with this atmosphere,
will you choose the nature that brought us here?
Can you see the life circut throughout the sand and plants beneath?
Whatever you seek may just be hidden behind a sheath.
Let the wind leave patterns in your hair.
Feel the sense of the sea and the fields bestowing little creatures within them. Now respect them, isn't that only fair? All hiding from something...
too afraid to get a sting.
Well why wouldn't they be if we treat them like nothing?
Leaves bristle through the wind granting me kisses. Their gentle skin,
so fragile now listen.
Dangerous as the crocidile,
who made it worth while,
went back to it's sea after filing it's teeth, only to it's sea where it's glisten.
I wished away all of my blessed wishes, be humble even if that's swimming amongst the fishes.
This was the way it was meant to be. Rolling like waves,
protecting like knaves.
Stand for something,
and be apart of someone's faves.
Visualize new ways to see old things. Tranquilize old ways that didn't work,
re-vitalize your eyes to seek
what needs work.
It's okay to be honest,
we all forget to be an ear
to those who need listened too.
What's around us, is us.
Which needs fixing too.
Now open your mind to think,
seal your heart with love,
now send your eyes up above.
The answer is always around us,
don't shove. Let it give you it's love.
Return
You know me like the back of your hand, yet you don't even understand.
There's so much to share,
but to much too hide.
The truth is...
are you going to subside with my side?
Do not loose faith
when realizing it's all wrong.
God gave you everything,
human nature destroyed it before long. We can fix this though,
because with Him we are strong. Enlighten in ways of assist,
not in ways of a pesimist.
If you give a little,
the world will return the favor.
Hit cancel on selfish for credit
and yes for a reciept.
You can't take back your actions,
but make up for them
so they become discrete.
There's only so much you can get
before realizing it needs to be retured. Don't hold onto grudges,
Let the bad vibes go.
Most realize what they have after its gone. Don't be that one
after we all have gone.
Document the past,
be thankful for the present.
Don't worry, we gave you the consent. Gain wisdom for the future,
in return hope for the world to nurture. You can never be so sure,
until God has made it pure.
Carmel eyes,
You're the one on my mind.
Nervous to act, cautious on tact.
I can't wait to get to know you that's a fact.
Your smile bestows a future I want to be in.
Will it be you after I get to know you?
I sure hope so because I'm trying to get back on track.
It's really hard for me these days,
getting people to stay.
They just want me to say, "Thank you, come again!"
But I'm annoyed with ppl coming back just to take what they want.
Not allowing anymore pleas for a bargain.
So prove me wrong,
be somewhere where I belong.
Plenty
Seal your memories,
Then lock them in time.
Watch for repeating history,
To see if the insides turning grime
Recall your tastes,
Freshen your senses.
Add flavor when necessary,
Discover all taste has to carry.
Widen your mind,
Speak of riddles
But sing for all.
Resuse your pain used for suffering,
Why not transform them into offering?
Punishment screams you guilty
While resolution is categorized as penalty
Why not pause?
Let thyself discover all of they blessings.
Either or, it'll be the first ovstacle you face.
It's you
Only you think doubt
Turn imaginary from ordinary
To discover a whole new reality.
Shape the plan,
Bless the time,
Let the wind carry you,
Now go, now prosper.
Discover all there is, and realize it's plenty.
How the Kingdom withstands
Jagged nails, crooked spine
Her heart's on the line.
If only you knew she thought about you all the time...
Awkward time, empty silence
She needed you to act first.
Now she finished the story
Because you gave her all the glory
Sit around and now hear her worry.
Only time speaks for freedom,
past should be boredom.
So open your mouth,
open your hands,
Sweep up the moths,
crown the butterflies.
All priveledged should be honored.
Just like any pair of wings can fly
All should have a say,
or be shushed in a kiss.
Sweet things blend.
Sour things shout.
Beloved are those who choose both,
I mean they have exquisite taste :)
Balance is how the kingdom withstands.
At this age is where nothing exsists.
Awaits engineers and pioneers,
lead us anew by day
to be set aglow by night.
I Spy
I see you there,
standing slightly adjarred
Your eyes speak to me,
but the noise from your mouth
is a blur.
I'm afraid to talk,
I simply do not know how.
I lost my reasoning when I saw you
there.
Just thought I'd stare
Because to me there is no one else
here.
Our eyes have locked
but this time I do not need
a Smith for it.
I'm okay with it.
In fact I'm flattered.
To the point my reasoning is
SpLaTeRed.
I see you, you see me.
I Spy something more to me.
Trust Bust
Withstand
The task at hand
Complete
my eyes are showing deplete
I don't want to spend
this moment of doubt
with you in it.
Prove me wrong.
He is all I trust.
Be different than a girl
Be more than just a boy
Be my friend and show me,
Just what this could be.
Unless we both bust.
Retail Portrail Betrayal
Repeating the step before,
if you listen you could glisten.
Try it, cuz my ears are becoming
Sore.
Be more.
Explore the store.
Held with what you want.
See what's in store
For you, for me, for everybody.
It's for everybody.
Not just her, not just him.
He can have pink, she can have dark.
Shop without fear of society.
Labeling these pre made things
For propriety.
Don't be a profit made of.
Be something worth proving of.
What you say in this store.
Is not original, we've heard it
before.
So just shop for what you like.
Not for what they think,
You could revolutionize.
As long as you share
Your think take.
Game Changer
I've got one shot,
but I'm out of bullets.
Look at me
my tears formed a star.
Now I've gotta take the bad and make it good.
It's the only way to live Now be sure to save. Breath is precious,
but you need gulps of air.
You deserve to wake up
and change your surroundings.
Explore your soft side.
CAreful!
Sit this one out so you can heal.
Your heart slipped out on a peel.
Do we have to re-watch the reel?
these marbles are burning,
reforming a new future
fix my eyes on you
because I have not a clue.
take the bad and make it good.
i don't want you to go through this.
So learn your lesson the easy way
unlike me the hard.
i'm out of tokens.
the only game to win now is my own.
no tangible prize to win.
only a better me without a twin.
every experience can be taken
and every wound can be beaten.
it's a new chapter though,
so take back what is given.
take the bad and make it good
we honestly just all need saving
May 21, 2014
So ready, so done
I'm already there not here
Don't even know where.
He's lifting me up
giving me a second chance
Now it's my job
to take at least a glance.
We're so lucky He gave us this chance.
I'm not giving up.
I'm just growing through it
The distance I went,
The distance I'll go.
Time to show
Time to glow
I'm ready if He is ready for me.
So let's just see,
Let's not just wait
And get up late.
Let God discover my fate.
Coming to realize that everything's at stake
I'm ready to take
What right no isn't too late.
Maybe even...
start a new slate
It's time to grow
It's time to explore.
And really just see
what's in store.
Same
People are not whom they seem
once we go through pain
we're all the same
but some however go through pain
and suddenly become lame!
Same boy
different girl
heart ache
same case
A grumpy attitude
A well learned man
baby to come
There is strength in wisdom
and pain in the past.
It is only a new chapta
in which we must face
No money will ever show its face.
That is a resort, a new route.
Where personality and rich people get lost.
Now don't be afraid
for my fine lad, we have just started!
Help will be on its way
But for right now,
Believe in yourself so miracles can happen.
Seul
Staying up at night for no purpose Everyone said no, which I despise.
I'm always confuesed, feeling misused.
Sometimes even feeling back washed. Truth is... I'm afraid it won't be the same,
it won't but maybe even a better game. Indpendence is key, Now don't you even worry,
don't be wasting time being lame.
You will always be beautiful
when facing every obstacle faced.
Then why am I spaced?
Just take time to embrace,
not everything goes without a trace. Determined, I will always reach my goal.
It's proven by my Aries soul.
I will not fail, learning like a foal,
success will be reached that's my ultimate goal.
We live, we learn.
Some people will still act stern.
Perfection is overated,
even though people are constantly berated. For not reaching the standards,
let those be inspiration pinned to your lanyards.
Imperfection is beauty, that's all I am,
that's all we are.
Why can't someone understand me? Doesn't that sound fair?
I think it's cuz my brain is on a different lair. Really? you ask. Yes I will complete my task. Art thou not built like others.
Strength will prevail against the offers.
I'm not like the others.
Tired are thy eyes,
with nothing beneath them,
I have no disguise.
For they have burned the sun,
skimming the earth wondering where's my hun?
I'm just trying to get along,
make peace and move along.
Please don't hurt me. I'm easily hurt
can't you see?
With paradise I can handel the sour,
even if that is the meanest scowl.
Oh now you musent be afraid,
everyone will get paid.
These fantasies are just a show,
even though reality comes first,
For thou shall not act slow.
There is nothing to fear, no leer can stear. Our strength is here.
Believe in truth, seek in mystery.
That's why sometimes,
we're stuck in history.
Never get down on yourself, she said. Here's the truth now listen.
HE is the truth, it is written in your heart, one day you'll realize.
Speak the good news of your mouth,
be keept out of ruthlessness.
It's okay your nothing less, none the less.
I hope you still recognize me friend, beneath all of my mistakes.
These are normal things,
So don't blow them out of proportions.
Let your heart now take motion.
Do not let what is so little harm you.
Most people don't even notice even though it bothers you.
Don't be scared,
Rest in what is sacred.
Be calm, you are just great. Don't even fret. Go fix the scene,
instead of falling for the sirene.
You are all it takes,
even when stabbed with rakes, it's all fake. The one who paid for it all
was nailed with stakes.
He'll guide you through it
so you don't get bit by snakes.
The queen bee needs you not me.
I hope one day you'll see,
just really how much
you mean to me
. Now the one chance we speak,
I;m looking to enjoy
once more' to seek..
It's the way thinkgs are run,
Even though it's overthrown
I hope your having fun
But really I lost you.
To the less mature,
the ones who need you to nuture. But I would nurture you,
because you
too need something new.
You deserve the best
not to be treated amonst the rest
Everytime I see those eyes
or quite frankly a lit cell phone screen.
I constantly wonder,
what it is that you even mean.
Your just someone I never knew,
but your teaching me to live
without you...
now isn't that new.
Now you're in disguise.
Trust me,
I know how this goes guys.
LEave it to me,
Others see me as queen bee.
but now it's simply, a side of me
you'll never see...
it's you that I want not me.
You've cooked
my heart's secret recipe
You really had me fooled there,
you and your locks of hair...
What really did you mean, by
I wasn't going to be there?
I suprised you,
more like you suprised me..
Don't worry
it's communications' fault
can't you see?
Which iit's what I despise now,
which wasn't the me I faced
until now. Today I miss you,
The you you used to be,
when it was just you and me..
lost together over froyo you see. And one day i'll kiss you....Goodbye. Please don't lie
I like you even more than pie!
what do you think? please don't lie. Let's change that story,
the one that was once a daydream. ran out of a paper ream,
that's why it's here now,
because your my dream.
IDone with hiding it,
it's now aparant like a beam.
Let the past flow last in the stream. I'm now older than you seem.
wishing you could catch this gleam, right in front of you,
it was my fault not to show you.
It's time to take action,
I'm putting this plan into sanction.
This engine now runs on steam.
What is it really that you mean? Now the silence is starting to seem
mean.
I've quite frankly had it,
Waiting an wishing i still had it,
but now its gone., soon i will be too. after all the heart ache you unknowingly put me through,
your too blind to see
if that was even you.
but i can read you so easily it's true. who knew it would come down to this?
Everything is getting lost in the abyss.
I only want you though.
I dont want you to be the one i miss. those lips have been waiting
to be kissed.
your eyes have tainted my soul,,
We act like children
just like foal
witness you were as i painted.
those memories, lost in the chalk lets go and take a walk.
Prove me wrong old friend,
I would never fri you in the end.
It's now my stop, gotta watch my step if i miss.
then i would have . fallen for you right in front of you.
Baby's Breath
Baby's breath stands tall,
while roses are dying.
Look around, think I'm lying?
Shimmer, glisten
Take time for youth, listen.
Like spotlights twinkling
upon the sea.
Open your eyes
Let the whole world see.
Who have you become?
Hopefully more and then some.
Who do you withstand?
For justice in which it stands
Questions will arise,
hairs from our arms will rise.
but answers fall tall,
just like the Baby's breath
which stands tall.
Hanging
There you left me
hanging
no answer
no nothing
hanging I was
waiting for you
I just want you
Is that too much to ask?
Too busy
Infinite excuses
I cannot tolerate.
I deserve better.
Everyone tells me that
but
you...
So why do I like you?
Because your different.
I'm trying to give you a chance.
So take it.
But I will not tolerate
being the one who is always waiting..
waiting in a red dress ready to impress.
but never actually going out.
just left hanging.
hanging
hanging but the clothes have already been dry.
You can take them back now.
Dry, as I was wishing my eye.
Please don't tell me
just try
I guess your not the guy.