Keeley Kaplan "My One and Only" Collection
The Field
by Keeley Kaplan, 8th Grader
A picnic basket
A blanket
A boy and a girl
Laughter and joy
Love and smiles
Beautiful sunflowers all around
She never expected to feel this way about him
And he never expected to feel this way about her
But love is unexpected
Then as the stars rise they look up into the night sky
As she remembers how she was hurt in the past
And remembers how she’s been feeling
But he listens and comforts her
She doesn’t think that it’s fair that she has him by her side
After everything she’s been through
But he cares and he makes her happy and he cheers her up with the funniest jokes
She tells him how she feels and how unfair it is to him
To be stuck with someone like her
Someone that is stupid, ugly and annoying
But he tells her how smart, caring, kind and beautiful she is
And all she can do is cry and say how she doesn’t deserve him
And he holds her in his arms and says that he doesn’t deserve her
And he tells her he loves her
And they’re young
Only 14
But they found something beautiful already
And they want to make it last
They’re going to take it slow
And they’re happy together
And ever since that moment
At the end of every month they return
They return to the picnic basket
To the blanket
To the laughter and joy
To the beautiful sunflowers
To the smiles
And to the love
That are all in the beautiful field
Paper Swan
by Keeley Kaplan, 8th Grader
Nonexistent feathers
Laughter and joy
Trying to make so many little swans in a day
So many paper cuts and band aids
So much folding
So many snack breaks
Yet the two aren’t giving up
They like to set the paper swans in the sunflower field
And race the little swans across the small pond
And the rest of the swans contain sweet messages for each other
And they aren’t great at it, but they love folding the little paper swans
Because there’s so much laughter and joy
And there’s pure happiness in each swan
And after their swan race
And reading the cute messages
The have a picnic and then watch the sunset and look at the stars
And wonder how they found each other
And how they’ve met someone that they love already
And they remember that day in math class
And they write down their memories in the blank paper swan
Old Polaroid
by Keeley Kaplan, 8th Grader
Her mother gave her old polaroid camera to her
She took it to the field with her the next day and put it in the picnic basket
She showed him the old polaroid after they raced paper swans and had their picnic
They took pictures of the sunset and the stars
They took a picture of the sunflowers
They took pictures of the paper swans
Of the picnic
Of the field
And from then on, they always brought the polaroid
So they could see the memories
The pond
And all the swan races
Reading each other’s sweet messages
The cute moments
And all the beautiful memories in the field were captured with the old polaroid camera
She created a board with all the photos and swans so they can always remember
Remember the laughter
The joy
And the love
Thanks to the paper swans
And especially the old polaroid
The Promise
by Keeley Kaplan, 8th Grader
She loved him
He loved her
And after all they been through
They knew their love was true
And they continued to go to the sunflower field
And race swans
And read sweet messages written down
And took pictures with the old Polaroid camera
But she was scared that the happiness would be taken away
So she made a promise to herself
To never forget what is true
To never forget the day they met
To never forget the love in her heart
To never forget how much he meant to her
To never forget the laughter joy and happiness
To never forget the love
And to never forget those words that he said to her
The promise that he made
The day he told her that he loved her
He hugged her so tight because she was feeling down
He promised everything was going to be alright
He promised that from that day forward he would protect her
And that he would never purposely hurt her
He promised to always support her
He promised that he loved her and will always love her no matter what
He promised that when she was down, he would be by her side
And he never broke his promise
He was always by her side
And he always had her back
So the next time they went to the field she brought something
She brought a board that had all the polaroid pictures
All the swans
All the memories
And two pieces of paper
He looked over every memory
Smiling, laughing and crying
And then he took the two pieces of the paper on the board
They were poems
THE poems
The poems she had written for him back in eighth grade
The original copies
He read them over tears in his eyes
And she hugged him and said I love you
She then made her promise to him
She will always be there for him, loving him and caring for and about him
She will never ever try to hurt him
But most of all,
She will never forget all the memories they made
The laughter and joy
And the love
And they never broke their promises to each other
And that was the promise she made
And together they always felt happy, loved and free