"Together We Can" and will

     So the PTSA holds this contest every year in which they create some ridiculous theme and students are expected to relate to it.  I'd never entered this contest and had never intended to, but my creative writing teacher insisted. Themes from years past include "Beauty is..." and "Wow!"  The best one yet came from this year: "Together we can." When I read the title, I immediately thought of Bob the Builder and Obama's '09 campaign slogan "Yes we can!" I mean, what ARE we suppose to write about? Are they expecting us to write great speeches like Martin Luther King's "I had a Dream?"  Good. Grief.                                                                                                                                      
     Many kids in my class decided on satirizing the whole thing and adding cliches and cheesy sayings.  Mine started out as I thought was lame, but only to turn out as not half-bad. I think. 

 “The Ultimate Promise”

Together we can

and will.

We will push through this.

We swore to with smiles

and hands squeezed tightly.

Together we can

Maybe not with smiles

and soft voices

Struggles will not cease.

Fights will still exist,

but we will love,

and we will cherish.

Together we can

Through the ups

and through the downs,

in sickness

and in health,

we will cross this ocean of

dissatisfaction and frustration.

Together we can

Far too selfish it would be

What life will the children live

if we choose to separate?

We must stick together

until death do us part.