Mark Fossie I AM

I am the smoke that roams looking for a home

I wonder will you come back? Will you leave me here dying?

I hear the wind stop in their direction when i look at you

I see if we want to leave our wound seperate

I want depth for my arms that will be filled with you

I am the smoke that roams looking for a home

I pretend i'll wander mazily all the earth not looking for you
I feel that dig beneath your skin that isn't me

I touch beneath your body without leaving any memory

I worry if I find nothing but two eyes

I cry without sound wreched solitary

I am the smoke that roams looking for a home

I understand the thousand lips that I have kissed but I vainly sought in you

I say my mind was going numb when the bell was beating as loud as a drum

I dream that your beutiful silhoutte will never dissapear

I sometimes try to seperate but our love is a harsh cord

I hope you don't go far off notr even for a day because

I am the smoke that roams looking for a home

Rainy day in mid April

I am a rainy day in mid April

I wonder if it will ever stop

I hear the thunder trembling the windows of my house

I see lightning striking a tree

I want it to stop

I am a rainy day in mid April

I pretend it's going away

I feel it and it's there

I touch it and I get scared

I worry cause it's there

I cry whenever I hear it

I am a rainy day in mid April

I understand someday it will stop

I say "yo please go away"

I dream of the next day

I will try ro go to sleep

I just hope it goes away

I am a rainy day in mid april

Journey of an Immigrant

What the Medal of Honor Means To Me

The Congressional Medal of Honor

     Respect, Honor, Courage. That’s what the Medal of Honor means to me. To others it might be something else.  Three of my cousins were enlisted one in the marines and two in the navy none of them were awarded this medal but I am sure if they would ever receive this medal they would be really proud to hold it. This medal is one of the highest awards that you could receive in the United States.

     The Medal of Honor means to respect. It means to me this because when ever you see a person wearing this medal the first thing that comes to your mind is respect. You have to respect this person wearing the medal. It means honor because it’s an honor having this medal. It’s also an honor when you greet or meet a person wearing this medal. It means courage because this person who earned this medal had to do something really courageous in order to wear the medal.

     The Medal of Honor is one of the highest awards you could receive in the United States of America. The Medal of Honor was established during the civil war on July 12, 1862.  It was originated from the United States Army then the other branches started to join in and making their own medal of honor. There were originally 2404 medals awarded between all the branches. In order to receive this medal you have to save someone’s life during war. You have to go beyond the call of Duty. Someone has to witness your action otherwise you won’t be able to receive this medal. This medal is to be awarded by the president of The United States of America.

     Some soldiers that have received the Medal of Honor say “Sometimes I think it was easier to win the Medal of Honor then to wear it.”What I think soldiers mean by saying this phrase is that it is hard to wear the Medal of Honor. Maybe because they are not so used to all the attention they get from wearing this medal. Maybe it’s just because they don’t want this award. I’ve heard some soldiers say that they were just doing their job maybe that’s why they say this.

     This is the Congressional Medal of Honor. Respect, Honor, and Courage. I hope that one of these days I could meet someone that has earned this medal. I want to ask so many questions. That one day will come.

 

 

                                                         

                                  

The Thankyou Letter

Dear,
Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz My name is Raul Cordova. I am from Chicago, Illinos
and I attend Farragut Career Academu JROTC Patton Academy. It's really amazing how yousaved all of those lives. Even though you risked your own life and could've just easily gave up you didn't.In a way you have affectyed me personally. you have taught me still people out there who actually care and aren't selfish. Well I waish you the best of the best. I wish for you to just keep on living your life to the extreme. Well I send my best thanks to you. Thank you for all you have done for this whle amazing nation. Thank you!

Sincerely,
Raul Cordova

Congrssional Medal of Honor Recipient:Alejandro R. Ruiz

Alejandro Renteria Ruiz was born and raised in New Mexico, the son of a Mexican immigrant who had been an officer in Pancho Villa’s army. In 1944, twenty-year-old Ruiz was driving to Texas to see his girlfriend when he got into a legal scrape. He went before a judge who gave him a choice between the Army and jail. Ruiz enlisted.
After training at Fort Bliss and Fort Ord, Private First Class Ruiz shipped out with the 165th Infantry. His unit landed on Okinawa in April 1945. On April 28, his company, exhausted from a series of engagements with Japanese troops in heavily fortified positions, was moving down into a deep ravine. The Japanese let his unit pass by a well-camouflaged pillbox before opening fire and lobbing grenades. As the Americans tried to find cover while Japanese grenades rained down on them, Ruiz saw his comrades falling all around him; after just a few minutes, only he and his squad leader had escaped injury.
Knowing that he needed more firepower than his rifle could offer, Ruiz grabbed a Browning Automatic Rifle and moved toward the pillbox. As he started to climb on top of it so he could open fire, the weapon jammed. At that moment, a Japanese soldier charged him; Ruiz clubbed him down, then tossed the rifle aside and ran back through the heavy fire to where his men were pinned down. Picking up another automatic rifle and grabbing some extra cans of ammunition, he headed back toward the pillbox while the Japanese machine gunners and riflemen were all concentrating their fire on him. Making it through the storm of bullets and grenades, he once again climbed on top of the emplacement and sent several bursts of fire through the aperture, killing the twelve soldiers inside and destroying the position.
Unscathed except for a minor flesh wound in the leg, Ruiz found a place to sit down after the battle and tried to light a cigarette with shaking hands. The men he had saved told him they were going to recommend him for the Medal of Honor. Ruiz didn’t think about it for the next several weeks as his unit continued the fight on Okinawa. It wasn’t until May 1946, when he was back in the United States, living in the married soldiers’ barracks, that he was told he was indeed to receive the medal. Ruiz’s wife, mother, and sister accompanied him to the White House, where President Harry Truman made the presentation on June 12, 1946.
Ruiz remained in the service for the next eighteen years. He saw action again in Korea and retired as a sergeant in 1964.

The Newly Accomplished Goals (October)

Its a new month and that means that I accomplished new goals right. One of the goals that I have accomplished that I have been waiting for since last year happened was to have some crazy halloween fun. I've been waiting since last halloween ended to have some fun this year. This year I had more than fun i've had the previous ones. I say that because the previous years it was only like three of us now this year it was the whole gang I cant even name all of them, well I can but it would take a while. It was fun because we all hung out like we have never ever done before. So im real glad that I accomplished this goal. (This was #14)

Another goal that I accomplished was to join a school sport. I've really been looking forward to this one too. I joined the guys volleyball team, the season or tryouts haven't officially started but I signed myself up and I think that's accomplishing it because at least I signed up. Im real glad that I joined this year because most of the people from my elementary school (Joseph E. Gary) joined and we're known for kicking butt at this sport. So im really looking forward to see how the season goes. (This is number #15)