FIRST PLACE – SENIOR – CREATIVE WRITING   PRAY FOR ME   I need someone to help pray for me, to help care for me, to walk with me to the winds, I need to know where I am headed because I know where I have been. Haters hating when I’m winning; I’m done playing games with these haters. Haters need to control their jealousy I say that-because, there’s nothing they can do to stop my shine. This here right here, this is God’s plan, homey, this ain’t mine. I am what I am.  Haters can hate it or love it.   Mom told me, when someone does you wrong, don’t keep worrying about it or try to take it into your own hands. Let God do his work, because what comes around goes around. Faith goes a long way. In the worst of times, sometimes it’s all we have. You know what?  Mom’s wise words keeps me from committing felonies to stay alive. I want to make it to heaven, when it’s my time to go, But sometimes I don’t think I’m going to make it to heaven, Wondering when them angels going to call my number.   Pray for Me, continued A long time ago, I believe I seen a spirit walking down the steps. I wonder was that death calling out to me letting me know my time is near. Sometimes I don’t fear.  I know God is watching over me. I need someone to help guide me throughout the darkness that’s all around me into the right path.   Sometimes the right path is hard to follow. I was too young to understand the consequences of a man watching my back, For enemies trying to test me out to see will I do or die. Some people don’t want to see me make it, they want to see me buried.   When you take a look at me, I’m not one of those fakers that all was trying to impress your friends by doing what they want me to do. This right here is the real deal, I created my own style, my own looks and my own life style, with my blood, my sweat, and my tears. I bow down to no man because my time be now and no one or anything is going to prove me wrong.   So would you help pray for me because all I want to do is do the right thing in my life.   --Joshua J. Davis, H.D. Woodson High School

SECOND PLACE – SENIOR – CREATIVE WRITING   CREATIVITY IN OUR COMMUNITY   if we stop & think of all the bad things we have done then we can stop & think of all the things we could have done to have fun in our community   yup!  that’s right we can make it a better place right here tonight   we can pick up trash we can do much more like help the homeless & mow some lawns i know you have faith in yourself don’t be so mean   we all can help by joining as one into a community & have so much fun   if we go out there & help people then they can help us when we can’t help ourselves   --Portia West, Kelly Miller Middle School

THIRD PLACE – SENIOR – CREATIVE WRITING   LOVE (A song about children disrespecting their parents and teachers)   On a sunny day kids outside running away.  We’re breaking free to the movies, we’re breaking free we’re soaring, flying there’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach.  Silly, behavior soaring in the air and there’s not a star that we can’t reach, because teachers can do something but they are scared of some of their children.  People aren’t raising their kids the right way because they don’t respect their elders.   SHE’S NO YOU - A Song -   They got a lot of girls you know they got it goin on but nothings ever embarrassing to you.  Now can’t you see you’re the only one I really want and everything I need is everything, but you are the girl with the silly behavior I think you’ re perfect there was nothing I would change, don’t never get caught up in Jealousy.  She could be the super model every magazine is looking for.  She never ever mean a thing to me.  She’s no you oh no if you could get more than I could ever want, she’s no you oh no!  They got a lot of girls that are dancing off of videos but, I prefer the way you do the way you move and the girl, every time I think you’re looking I think you’re perfect there would be nothing I would change she could be the super model every magazine wants.  She never ever took my heart away.  She’s no you oh no if you could get more than I could ever want she’s no you cause you’re the only girl that I ever dreamed she’s only think she brought a magazine.   -- Marquita Baker, Ronald H. Brown Middle School

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