Ten Minutes Of Thought

It is interesting to write what I'm thinking. Hmmm....what am I thinking??? Oh, remember your lines for PETER PAN AND WENDY. The play is on the 14th. That's next week. Oh my, that is extremely soon. REMEMBER YOUR LINES!!!!! Yoga. I wonder how that word popped in my head. I hope my dad knows to pick me up at 4:30 today. Camp. I need to email Haleigh and Westin. Sailing. Do your work. Rice necklaces. Hand gestures. Sound. This must sound very strange. Oh well. Do your homework. Read up to chapter twenty in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Don't forget. My hand is starting to hurt. Biology. PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Chapters 2 and 7. Two for a dollar. That was random. Ha ha ha. Random thoughts. Inside joke. My hand can't write as fast as my thoughts. Don't forget to -- I can't believe someone cut the ONLY thing that was growing in the garden, the sunflower. That was not nice. WAIT! What was I thinking before? Don't forget to...Don't forget to...Don't forget to... do what? I forgot. It is hard to keep up with all of these thoughts...

Drumming

The drumming begins.
Soon it will be our turn to beat
As hard as we can,
As long as we can.
I hear the word that informs us to start
And we strike the drums hard.
I feel my arms grow weaker,
My breath heavier.
I want to stop
Until I hear voices of others saying "You can do it!"
Then my name.
I drink their words like water.
It provides me with energy,
With strength I didn't know I had.
There is something special,
Something incredible about one's voice.
It gives me motivation to keep going,
To keep pushing beyond the limitations
Because there are none.
So I continue to drum.
When I feel as if I can absolutely not go any further,
Just one more strike of the drum.

My Voice

I use my voice when talking to others and saying to them, "Hello, how are you?" It is amazing what the voice, itself, can tell people. Many times, one can know how I am feeling that day by listening to the tone and speed of my voice. I use my voice to express myself verbally and share my opinions and thoughts with others.

I don't know if I ever heard total silent. There is always sound in the air whether it is the ruffling of the leaves, a gust of a passing wind, the buzzing sound a computer makes, or even the sound of one's breath as they inhale and exhale. Silence is useful when thinking, when emphasizing a point with a pause, and especially when listening to what others have to say. However, silence can be harmful when burying a problem or conflict with another and locking it inside until one explodes. Like many things, silence can be both a good and bad thing.