Just One Job May Change My Life Scholarship Slam
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Have you ever reached out to touch
the heaven in her bones
Have you ever reached out and brushed
the hell that well all know
Her mind bleeds power
and I intend to know it
Troubled times
For one,
Heard from the distance.
The world shakes,
But only around her
Tiny frame --
I've been there before,
the mean mugs and sneers as
I walked up at the board,
it was a surprise to find a young
colored girl in an advanced education
class, it was hard time getting into too,
I am karma in human form.
I aid the weak and punish the wicked.
I am a protector, fighter and punisher.
Under my gaze, all are equal and all get what they deserve.
I am justice.
A justice.
I want to be a social worker
Helping kids who remind me of myself when I was young
Kids who are broken and battered and want to be free
Kids who are beaten by their dad
Who is supposed to love and protect them
Etched in stone is one facet of life
While another lies waiting and willing to thrive.
The career that cannot now be changed
Exausted. Leaning in to rest on my elbows,
Let my eyes go black with magnetic lids...
Newton. Carter. Poe. Hippocrates...
NO.
Eyes open.
My lids repelled from each other.
Awake.
Be Awake.
As a victim of his magic and mystery,
It is my asperation to be Walt Disney,
His travels to seek inspiration were great,
It is through our creativity that we most relate,
Creating heartwrenching movies is my dream,
Change may come, change my go, change will always be a possibility but one must make it a necessity.
He was six then.
Maybe it was the smile.
Maybe he shouldn't wear
those overalls anymore.
He told Mom.
Her smile was much brighter
than any hurtful words
One job
One chance
One moment
Is what everyone wants
The only thing
That is different
Is the reason why
They want their moment
If I could have
The one job
I want to teach
It's my future goal and my childhood game
I can become a teacher
But . . . is there more
I can see the world
It's in books and on tv
I can hear it so clearly
Engineering body parts
Is harder than you think
but nothings more rewarding
than artificial limbs
Making artificial legs
for a soldier thats in need
is what I'm looking forward to
My dream job is to be a Drug Representative and to have my own business where I hire women only with as much drive as myself. This job would change my life in many ways.
Clack, Clack, ClackWheels run across the airport tileChamonix, France, reads the kioskA vehicle transports me to the mountainSkis and notebook in towI am welcomed by a sign "Freeride World Tour"
Since the day i took off my cap and gown, "What do you want to do with your life?" echoed between my ears
Only another question that makes me consider
A diamond in it's glory is just
For when found in the rough
It's only compared to the dust.
No one cares if it has one scuff
For after all, it is a diamond.
I answer your calls. I pay your bills. I file your papers. I create your schedule. I am your control center. I am your office manager.
Some wish to have that career,
That will give them millions the rest of their lives.
Some wish to have that career,
That will give them fame the rest of their lives.
I am different.
What do you want to be?
A surgeon, a scientist, and a life-saver.
Years go by, the student never sways in her goals.
College.
What do you want to be?
I don't know.
Why?
Once Upon a Time…
To be or not to be…
Famous lines through out time, throughout history.
We all know them.
Regardless if we have read the book.
I want to be that line.
I’ve spent my life trying
Trying to do everything
Trying to be the best
Trying to make my family proud
In the beginning it was selfish
I’d try to be a brat
They say you must be quick on your feet
If that's the case, I wish to be a Olympic athlete
Setting a world record of 8 seconds in the 100 yard dash
They say always make the other look good
Flaxin, gilded, amber orbs,
amist a magnificent mammoth muzzle.
Kaleidoscope eyes amongst the puzzle
that is her exsistance.
My lioness, my companion, and friend
my baby.
I look at a baby who now can breathe,
and I see the future.
I look at a little girl who now can sing,
and I see joy.
I look at a teenage boy who now can run,
and I see hope.
It takes over $200,000 to make just one lawyerIt takes blood, sweat, and tears just to impress an employer
Some people were born to travel;
To see the wonders
This world has to offer.
Some women were born to serve;
To serve each citizen
Of the United States of America.
It only takes a story to:
- change a thought
- change a feeling
- change what ought
- change a meanining
It only takes a story to: change the world
People always ask me
"What do you want to do?"
I could paint, I could bake, I could fly to the moon
But though all of these seem exciting and fun
None of these jobs scream "this is the one!"
