Poetry
It's been a week since the death of Morph and Ray. Dash is still feeling depressed about what happen, but every now and then, he's been seeing Ray in his mirror. Every time he looks at his reflection in the mirror, he catches a glimpse of his girlfriend Ray, reminding him that she will always be with him, no matter where he goes. As time passes, things are slowly growing back to normal. The Parr family hasn't heard from the Eviles for a long time, which brought joy, happiness and comfort to their lives.
"Kids!" Helen calls. "Hurry up! You're going to be late for school!"
At the last words, Dash zooms past her mother. He sprints out the door, puts his backpack in the trunk and hops in the car. Sean is the next one to come down the stairs. He smiles back at his mother. Helen smiles back and Sean heads outside. He throws his backpack on tops of Dash's backpack in trunk and he enters the car. Helen waits patiently for her daughter. Violet finally walks downstairs wearing a pink top, brown jeans and her precious pink headband. She walks outside. The sun light bounces off her hair. She enters the car, along with her mother. Helen starts the car and she starts driving her kids to school.
Helen stops at Western View Junior High ten minutes later. She parks the car and her teenage children exit's the car. They get their backpacks out of the trunk and head to the front of the school. Sean and Violet heads to their first period math class. After an hour of writing, memorizing and studying, the two of them heads to their P.E. class. Sean and his friends run out on the field to play football, while Violet watches them play. Finally, the bell rings for third period. Sean and Violet went their separate ways. Violet enters her Language Arts class. The bell rings to signal the beginning of class.
"Okay class." Violet's teacher, Mrs. Page says. "Take out a piece of paper and a pencil. Today, we're going to work on poetry." the entire class listens to their teacher. Violet takes out a clean piece of white paper out of her purple notebook and a pencil. Mrs. Page gives a long lesson on different kinds of poems. Some of her students, including Violet, write down notes on what Mrs. Page is talking about, while others draw pictures, daydreams and falls asleep. After twenty minutes of talking and writing, Mrs. Page walks toward the board and starts writing on it.
"Today, you will be writing your own poems. I will give you half an hour to write your poems. Then, if we have time, you can share them to the class. You can write limericks, haikus, sonnets, acrostics, tankas, anything that we've been talking about. Remember to use your imagination and be creative. Now get to work." Immediately, the entire class starts working on their poems.
"Okay." Violet thought. "What is this going to be about? I want to present this to Tony, so I have to make it really special." Violet thought for a long time. She starts drawing flowers and hearts on her paper. She observes her drawings for a long time. Finally, she smiles. "I've got it. I'll write a love poem for him."
Violet writes down her ideas on what she wants to write. She circles a few things and scratches out the rest. Finally, Violet starts writing down her poem. Every now and then, she would get stuck. She starts chewing on her eraser and stare at the clock for some time. Violet then reads what she has on her poem. It wasn't bad, but it still needs a lot of work. She closes her eyes and tries to think on what else to write on her poem.
"Times up!" Mrs. Page announces. Violet opens her eyes and looks at the clock.
"Oh my God!" she says in her mind. "I'm not even finished with my poem yet. Oh man. Please don't let me share with class. Please don't let me share with the class." she repeats.
"We're not going to have time to share your poems today. If you're not finish with them, then it becomes homework. I'll see you tomorrow." All of the students pack their backpacks. Then, they line up at the door waiting for the bell to ring. Violet keeps her eye on the clock. Finally…
"RINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!" All of the sudden, the students race out the classroom. Violet gets pushed around most of the time, but she manages to make her way out of the crowd. She goes straight to the cafeteria and buys her lunch. She then heads for the shady spot where she usually sits. She quietly eats her lunch while watching other kids talking and playing. She turns and she sees a boy with brown hair, black shirt and jeans walking toward her. The two of them smiles at each other.
"Hi Tony." Violet said.
"Hey Vi." Tony smiles. "What's been going on?"
"Oh, nothing much."
"How's Dash?"
"He's a little depressed, but he's just fine."
"And how about you? How are you feeling right now?"
"Tired." Violet answers.
"Tired? From what? I haven't seen you fighting the Eviles for a long time." Tony said.
"No, my brain is tired." Violet said.
"From what?"
"My class and I have been writing poetry. It's hard. I thought it was going to be easy, but it isn't. Now I have to finish it for homework."
"May I read it?" Tony asks.
"Uh…"Violet thought. "I don't want you to read it. It's not finished yet. Besides, it will be kind of embarrassing."
"Well, it's your poem, and I bet it will become a true masterpiece."
"How about you? Are you doing poetry in your English class?"
"Why yes, I am. In fact, I've finished writing my poem. Would you like me to read it?" He asks as he takes out his blue binder. He opens it up and takes out a white piece of paper that has words all over it.
"Sure. I love to hear your poem." Violet smiles. She gets herself into a comfortable position.
"Alright, here it goes." Tony says. He takes a deep breath, clears his throat and he begins to read his poem.
The Gardener and the Violet
By: Tony Rydinger
The grass is green,
The wind is fair,
The sun is shining,
In the air.
A gardener plants,
He waters and sows.
With such great compassion,
He hath so much to show.
With a wave of his hand,
The seeds spread all around,
As it falls into the soil,
And digs deep into the ground.
With a little patience,
His flowers grow tall,
As the gardener observes,
The most beautiful garden of all.
Such wonder and grace,
Elegance as well,
With authentic colors,
And the fragrance to smell.
The gardener is happy,
Of all he has done.
All of his flowers are lovely,
Yet there is a unique one.
Of all the red roses,
And tulips as white as light,
The most beautiful flower,
A violet shining in the night.
The violet with great beauty,
Sweet fragrance and marvelous color,
The gardener knows,
This is his favorite flower.
He loves and protects the violet,
This he clearly shows,
He'll do whatever it takes,
To see his flower flourish and grow.
He holds the violet to his nose,
As if the two will never part,
He gives one big smile,
And there is love in his heart.
As the clouds dance above,
And the days go by,
All the rest of the flowers,
They wither and die.
But the violet stands strong,
As the sun shines above,
One thing will last forever,
The gardener and the violet's love.
Violet was astonished. That was the most beautiful thing she has heard in her life. After Tony read the poem, she became speechless. She was blushing and crying.
"Tony!" she exclaims. "That…that…that was beautiful. That was the best thing I've ever heard from you. I didn't know you could write like that. It is…it is…"
"I know Vi." Tony smiles. "It's beautiful, lovely and wonderful. All I have to do Vi is look at you. Doing so, I was able to see the girl who you really are. And in this poem, I said you were nice, strong, wonderful, amazing, lovely, incredible and of course, beautiful. That's how I like you. That's why I like you." Violet's face grows redder every word that Tony says. She wanted to kiss him. But before she can, the bell rang. Students stagger all over the school, making their way to their classrooms.
"I better get going." Tony said. "We'll talk after school." Tony lifts his backpack and he helps Violet to her feet.
"Thank you Tony." Violet smiles. She wraps her arms around him and the two teenagers embrace each other. Two minutes have passed and Violet still holds on to Tony very tight.
"Um…Violet? I'm gonna be late for class." Violet quickly lets go of Tony. The two of them blushes. Finally, they part their separate ways. Violet watched as Tony walks away. A huge smile is still on her face after Tony read the poem to her. It will remain for the next two periods and it will remain after school.
"RINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!" A swarm of students rushes out of the classroom after the bell rang. Violet walks over to the front of the school, carrying her books and her homework. She sits a bench nearby, waiting for Sean, her mom or Tony.
"Guess who?" someone said covering Violet's eyes.
"Is it someone who is desperately in love with me?" Violet smiles. Tony uncovers her eyes. Violet turns around and she sees Tony. He sits down next to her. The two of them holds each others hands.
"Isn't this great Vi?" Tony asks. "You and me, hanging out with each other. You're the greatest person I've ever met. You and I were meant for each other."
"Thanks Tony." Violet said. "That poem you read to me was beautiful. It was like…magic. It captured my heart and purified it. It's like I was lost and needed some help, but after hearing those sweet, powerful words, I was able to free myself. Thank you." Violet rests her head on Tony's shoulder.
"I don't want us to separate." Violet admits. "I'm happy where I am right now. You're the best Tony and I don't want anyone of us to go. But what if I…if I…what if my family and I moves again? What happens when you like someone else, or what happens if you break up with me? Then I'll never see you again."
"Hush now." Tony said, putting his finger on Violet's lips. "Don't say that Vi. Of course we're not going to separate. We even promised each other that we will be together forever. And that's how we'll stay until the very end." Tony reaches inside his backpack. He takes out his blue notebook. He opens it and he takes out his poem he read to Violet.
"Your poem." Violet said
"Yes and I want you to have it. Just in case we do spit up, I want you to have this. You can read all night if you want. Just remember that I will always be with and I will always love you." Tony and Violet looks at each other right in the eyes. They stare at each other for a long time. Finally, they closed their eyes and draw closer to each other. Just when they're about to kiss…
"BEEP BEEP!" Tony and Violet looks up. Violet sees her car. She gives Tony a great big hug. Finally, she gets up and runs toward the vehicle. She enters the car. She notices her mom, Dash and Sean in their super suits.
"What's going on?" she asks. Elastigirl throws her daughter's super suit at her.
"Suit up honey." she said. "We've got trouble." Immediately, Elastigirl speeds off into the city with the rest of her children. Meanwhile, Tony waits until their out of sight. A huge grin appears on his face. He gets up and sprints as fast as he could to the city, following the Incredibles.