#2nd hour

2nd Hour and Other Poems

By Januário Esteves 2nd Hour By the secret path What night does he carry I saw life alone And what matters most to us This boldness that is altar Where the tears remain Because I can not cry The senses that please To the heavens praised In prayer we watched The broken hearts To survive, we lie And we say by the shutter Who I am, what I was, what I will be To myself the front door From the world…

What can you say about David Hernandez? His powerful voice put him on so many people’s radar from the very first time he sang on American Idol and he hasn’t slowed down since. Anyone who has seen him perform live knows he isn’t an overproduced artist, his voice delivers just as he sounds anywhere you listen to him. AND, if you’ve seen him live, you know he brings 100% of himself to all of his…

Take some time to get to know 2nd Hour

Have you heard of ‘2nd Hour’? Well, trust me, you will be hearing lots from them. It’s the new collaboration between my friends and American Idol alums Effie Passero and David Hernandez. Their first single and video, ‘What I see’,  is out today (1/21/20). The single is available on Apple Music and the video is on YouTube.

If you have seen them perform over the past year or you follow them on…

The breakfast club,

sitting at this lab table.

The girl who thought she was worthless,

The boy with a knack for breaking bones,

The sweet one that all the other boys threw rocks at,

And the idyllic girl with a broken soul.

Study halls transform into therapy sessions,

tear-filled hours and days bind us.

Tell me,

What's it like to have a thousand-yard stare before age fifteen?

Love comes in varying shades,

I guess.

The True Inferiors

That question he’d asked Gakushuu earlier was more than just a casual one out of curiosity; it was an assessment of the student’s merits.

And from what Takebayashi could see, him and the other students of this school are nothing but scared little kids under the Chairman’s thumb.

Looks Like It’s Back to Class E for Me

Now THAT was awesome.

Takebayashi gives a finishing blow right in front of the entire school as he not only successfully kills “himself”, but also a bit of the Chairman’s pride.

I had a feeling that this was how he intended to return to Class E after Gakushuu told him that story in the Chairman’s office, and he looked very cool while doing it to boot. (◠‿◠)

Just as Korosensei had told him the previous night, Takebayashi actually already has an exceptional inner strength; and he proved that even more by doing something no one in the school had the guts to do;

showing up the Chairman in front of the entire student body.

Now that's an anniversary he'll NEVER forget.