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11/1/2016

Repayment

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by SHYANNE BROOKS
Staff writer
I never asked to be given to the world
But it seems I’m the one to pay
With burdens I don’t deserve
And years filled with pain
Debts more than the years I’ve seen
Time spent managing worldly things
Expectations and laws for us all
I can never rest for fear of the fall
I never asked to be involved
Why can’t these problems be resolved 
I placed my faith in a simple dream
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But I find it’s more complex than it seemed

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10/25/2016

Making Me

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​by SHYANNE BROOKS
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I’m still working on the person that I am
Still picking up my pieces

I mean, damn

Why can’t someone see my masterpiece

Instead of pulling apart everything I am

Why so much pressure

Like, “Excuse me ma’am”

But I just don’t care

I’m just trying to be who I am

And Sir, just sit down

It’s just too bad you don’t understand

I’m still trying to just make me who I need to be

And no, my name's not Abraham

So I can’t say I won’t ever tell a lie

But I’m so far from Uncle Sam

Sometimes I’ll mess up

But I’ll find my monogram

and that’s just another piece of me

Sorry, there is no training program

For loving myself and

Finding out who I am

So I’ll keep living my crazy life
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I’ll keep being who I am

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10/13/2016

Mirror, Mirror

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by SHYANNE BROOKS
​Staff writer
Mirror, mirror on the wall
You always say too dumb, too small

And then you say too smart, too tall

I cut it off and paste it on

All to change what you look on

Mirror, Mirror on the wall

Stop making me feel so small

I put on my mask to help it all

Only in hopes to change the call
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Of my evil mirror on the wall

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9/21/2016

Peace Treaty

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by SHYANNE BROOKS
​Staff writer
I’m tired of fighting
​Can we please make it end
This anger is blinding 
Exhausting, it is
The aggression is biting
I just want a friend
I can’t take the timing
That I’m expected to spend
Why are we so uninviting
Why must we always defend
So today I will begin writing
A peace treaty shall impend

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9/16/2016

Losing Sanity

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by SHYANNE BROOKS
Staff writer
I am the warrior
​You are the war
I fight myself 
Through all your hell
I prepare for battle
More and more
My mind is weak 
My armor worn 
I’ve spent many nights
Preparing for fights
On the battlefield 
Long and hard
I lunge and thrust
With all my might
Maybe, just maybe
I can win this fight
It’s raining and cold
The condition is rough
This is getting old
But it makes me tough
I can’t comprehend
Why you’re doing this
I know things tend
To be bad enough
Please stop this stuff
This pain and torture
It’s all too much 
End me now
I beg you war
As I lie bleeding
On my floor
I can’t fake it
I’m done
I can't take it 
I’m pleading
As I reach for my gun
It’s all for you war
This is it
It’s over
One single shot
I’m growing colder
I see you cry
though it’s not true
Sometimes I wish
I were you 
All high and mighty
With many jewels
But then I remember
Your evil soul 
The time has come
I must go
I’ll remember the face
Of my foe
For it was mine
All along
I fought myself 
On right and wrong
Now I see
The trumpets singing
A better song
Than metal ringing
All night long
I close my eyes
Take my last breath
In and out
I welcome death

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9/14/2016

Finding Serenity

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by SHYANNE BROOKS
Staff writer
I dig a grave
For you, you see

Not physically

But mentally
I’m tired of you
And all I’ve felt
I’m done with you

And your chaotic hell

Your intentions are lucid

To slowly kill me inside

A warrior is not diluted
Today my foe must die

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1/29/2016

'In My Head'

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by PAJAH WILLIAMS
Staff writer
Weight shifts from one foot to the other
Palms moisten
Invisible beads of sweat seem to drench your entire t-shirt.
Knees shivering with weakness
Wandering eyes because you don’t know where to direct your gaze
Stuttering speech
You’ve been caught off guard with spontaneous human interaction.
Body tense, a natural response to the persistent fear of being scrutinized
Mind never ceases to assume the worst
 Humiliation, shame, guilt, embarrassment
You’re such an embarrassment. You embarrass yourself more and more each day.
Every step you take. Every moment of eye contact. Everything you do.
It is irrefutable truth that you are physically and socially awkward.
Don’t say that. Don’t speak. Don’t think that. Don’t forget to breath.
Ah, inhale. Exhale – wait what was the question?
“Your name, sir?”
Alas, your mind morphs into a vague tunnel of blackness.
Silence. 
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“It’s-I-hi.”
Palm to face

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1/19/2016

"Today I Walked (Pray for the World)"

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by JESSICA HOLLAN
Staff writer

​I took the long way to my building today
It was cold outside
I had no jacket with me
And by the time I reached my room my fingers were numb
But today I walked
I walked for all those who will never walk again
I walked for those who are too afraid to walk their streets
I walked because I am safe
And I am blessed
And I need not fear terror in my small town
So today I walked
I walked for Paris
For Japan
For Korea
For Mexico
For Lebanon
For everyone who fears their streets
Today I walked
It was quiet on my walk
It was peaceful on my walk
It was safe on my walk
On my walk I knew that I will never experience the pain those who are terrorized will feel
So today I walked slower
Because I am lucky
Because I am safe
Because I take my walk for granted
Over 1000 people died yesterday
Over 1000 people who will never walk
Today I did not walk for me
Today I walked for them

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1/19/2016

"The Fall of Leaves"

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by NICOLE BEARD
​Staff writer

You and I spiral
Gliding and sailing
Dancing descend
On a gust
A ripple
A whim
Brushing and creating friction
You and I falling
Shoving me away with a will unnatural and callous 
Holes have been chewed into the face of me
And devouring what you want
Unpunished
Fresh and supple when we started
My warty underside becomes food, but never satisfies thy hunger
Now you are ravenous, are you not
More and more you take, less and less I give
Crushed and disregarded
I'm lost among the faceless

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1/19/2016

"A bird caged"

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by NICOLE BEARD
​Staff writer
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A bird caged
Is a flight unflown
Icarus doth fly too close
But what of those that fly not at all
Paralyzed by sharp tongues and iron-bent hands
They sit 
Though unrestricted 
Nothing stands in their way
Yet they remain dormant
Dashed of fear and freedom
Still they drown in their stagnation

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