January brought
three months of liking
that certain someone...
February brought drama festival
an in town festival of plays
where I got to spend time with friends
and people who are interested
in the same things as me...
March brought
five months of liking
that certain someone...
April brought
six months of liking
that certain someone...
May brought provincial drama festival
travelling ten hours on a bus
with that same group of people
who were now so much closer
after all that rehearsal time...
Five days of province-wide plays
that made you laugh, cry, think
and just sit in your seat staring
at the world being created on stage...
Performing behind black masks
with the familiar whispered voices
telling you to "break a leg" backstage
and being in the spotlight
long enough to make people laugh
knowing all that rehearsal was worth it...
Five days of memories
inside jokes that will never leave me...
June brought
eight months of liking
that certain someone...
July brought my learners license
the legal privilege to drive
not the ability, as we soon found out...
August brought
seventeen days of driving on a bus
with no air conditioning
except the air coming in
from all parts of the country
blowing through your hair
through the open windows...
But despite all the smiles
August brought me...
August took away my Grandpa...
August gave me nights
of crying and feeling I would die
it taught me true pain...
September brought me to
a new school with new people
and took me away
from that certain someone
(eleven months...and counting)
October brought
a year of liking
that certain someone...
November brought
the one year anniversary
of my Grandma's death
and a flood of memories
and wishing she were here now...
It brought the for sale sign
on the lawn in front of my house
that I shared with my Grandpa
for sixteen years...
Not to mention the fifteen years
he lived there before I was born...
November brought Peter Pan
being on stage again
dancing and singing
and each night getting laughter
at your one line...
("She's a LOUSY mother" )
December brought that red sign
"sold" replacing "for sale"
and an empty Christmas
without my Grandparents
knowing it would be my last
in the only place I want to call home...
2003 brought many smiles
(some of them upside down...)
2003 brought many memories
some of them good, some of them bad...
But unforgettable...that much I know...
What a year...
Author notes
This is really long...and dumb (whoa, what's up with all the dumb poems tonight 
...) lol...sorry for bothering you with it...
Lol, damnit...I only gotst one more try to write an actual decent poem for this kick ass contest 
lol...uh...i'll try to make it awesome! lol...sorry if the '__ months of liking that certain someone' got boring after a while, but it was DEFINITELY part of the year ...
kayla*
this poem is more for me...lol, i guess maybe i needed to recap the year just for my own knowledge...aka...it sucks lol
Written December 31st, 2003
In a list
A contest entry
- 2003 by .
300 points, ended January 8, 2004, 27 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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wow....you did an amzing job on this poem, i love it so much. im sorry about your granpda and your house. that sux. its no wonder why i didnt win, youre words are far mroe beautiful -
reminiscing
i think the idea for this poem was very creative.and i love the feel this poem has, like, theres a ghost of this person that you have liked.a simple and heart warmimg poem. -
I just love the way you looked at every month! No matter whats happenening in your life I cant get over how you can still see the bright side of things! Keep it up hunny bunny!!!!
Kerri -
you've certainly had an eventful year. I'm not sure whats happened in my year...
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That didn't bore me at all!! I actually found it quite interesting to read about your eventful year...maybe I should try it...hmmm...lol
I thought that was really good!! And I can agree with a few things with this poem - mostly though, that 2003 brought many memories and smiles (and upside down smiles lol). I have experienced so much in this one year that I feel like a whole new person. Probably the most eventful year of my life so far...lol.
Christine
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Kayla....you did a wonderful job at walking through the memories of 2003 . I wish it would have been a better one for you , but a new one is dawning and may it bring you only smiles ,
much love ,
Reenie
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Hey, I know how it feels to like someone for sooo long - a year and counting
I also know about the whole drama part...acting...I miss it a lot. One play, and I'm still hooked.. sad huh?
I liked this poem though, and I'm sorry about your grandfather - I lost mine two years ago and I still miss him very much.
Thanks for entering and good luck.
Bitter-Pill
ANTI-PINK
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