Greet the Day Scholarship Slam - CLOSED

The Dreadful Wait for the FUTURE...The future awaits! The future awaits that is why I like greeting the day I don't see the mornings as gray I look forward to each Monday As I wake up to see my…

On the days that death calls me When the morning sun Is too much to bear I think of my sister I think of her pain if I left this world My mother, my father, brother and aunts When death creeps up…

It writhes with a cry, from the womb Emerges pale, pink-skinned, dirty lips And eyes too large to balance its frame Yet cradled in gentle caresses, lullabies I watch from afar, my mind half numb The…

Once again My heart has beaten into a fresh puddle of dawn The sun has licked my eyes awake Chance sits on the other side of my front door. Outside, the grass waits for my toes The men wet their lips…

I want to be the very best that no one ever was. To graduate college is my real test, to study is my cause. I will study through every night learning more and more. Each subject i will understand,…

Luke 2: 78-79- ‘Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the…

The Soft Whisper Stranded, alone and terrified I remain Day after day it seems like I will go insane. I do not know why I woke up today, What is my purpose, why do I stay? Why do I stay on this…

As the sun comes up at the dawn of day I can't help but wonder how I will stay Motivated to continue life, Through all the stress and tears and strife. But then I remember that there is more Than…

Wake up every morning tired as heck, grab a cup of coffee and im gone, to start my day off with my facorite song. flying to get ready, i over selpt again I say to myself, todays a good day I get…

I wear the hours of each day under both eyes. A body's natural way of saying it is hard, but I am trying. And I will wear them without shame, or embarrassment. A student's way of saying It will be…

The buzz of circular blades, Cry of the time piece, Voice of a feline, And Mother’s melody All pull me from slumber. The smiles of peers, Laughter of pals, Moments with crushes, And hugs conveying…

Why, hello Day! I've been expecting you. I endured a long process waiting for you. I wrote a song last night and I'd like to show someone, I thought you'd take forever and spoil the fun. I woke up…

My skin hits the frigid air Long before the first crow, Fueled by discipline, fully aware That there is something new to know. I leave my dreams of last night For the goals of today, Because when I…

I've started many things, I simply wish to finish them, I want to know how my favorite show ends, So for that I stick around, Along with that I racked books on my wishlist, And it would be a shame to…

It’s a New Day! There are times, they say That days go on and on, without end To the displeasure of many We see them come and go, as they please, without worry What is it that makes the difference,…

Take a deep breath, one foot out from under the plush comforter Then the other Bed head and newly formed pimples aside I can greet the day I am lucky I say to myself As I rub the tired from my eyes…

The human eyes allow us to see and the spiritual one allows us to perceive. As a result, I wake up with desire to grow up to be, is the greatest instiller in all of history. Growing up in poverty has…

24 hours in a day Too few, I say Five to Sleep and Eight for School With Ten hours left, not cool. I’m at an age Where work fills the rest of today’s page On a good day, an hour to read A good book…

I slumber on and without aid Some say I'd sleep for 40 days (That's my mother's exaggeration) I snore and snooze peacefully With no care, at complete ease Til harrassed by Sound and Vibration Atop my…

How could I wake up to the feeling of nothing? The questioning as if I could resist another day of being alive, of realizing where my life will be in a year or two for a long while I didn't picture…

I lazily wake up drowiness drowning me my bedsheets strangling me and eyeboogers in the corner of my eyes my knotted hair resembling that of a bird's nest not a very pretty sight but the day is…

Everyday is a new day I start my day in a special way My reason is to pick up knowledge This is important one year from college I like to think and understand... ...what, each day, I have at hand…

You are the light that shines above me, burning and bright. You make my path clearer in the dark of the night. You burn bright. Sometimes too bright. Then all you do is burn. My skin reddens and…

You ask, What inspires me to take on each day, Well, he eats hay. Every day roll out of bed and cannot wait to see his head! With a winny and a neigh Sarge, my horse greets my day. Each day I learn…