Posts
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For My Sisters
It’s frightening to know
I’ll be gone in five years' time
I know you both will hate to see me go
And leave you behind
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Enough
You tell me I’m not enough
I’m unproductive
I’m insignificant
I’m useless
So I tried a little harderI studied more
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Therapist Friend
I’m just the nice girl
The therapist friend
Who’s seen enough
To bring her to her end
I give them advice
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Stars
Sometimes
I look at the stars
And hope
That somewhere
In another universe
We all got our happy endings.
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Book of Memories
I flip through the pages
Tears rolling down my face
Falling onto the paper
I see a girl
With a smile on her face
Clear skin
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Where Did She Go?
Where did she go
No one knows
They search till the end of time
Yet the answer is forever unknown
Where did she go
They ponder
Loves
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What I Learned This Year In School
Even your favorite subject can be your hardest
Even the "smart ones" will fail
Even good grades become futile
Even a textbook won't teach you.
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Do You Hear the Raven Call?
A wingspan of ash, she scours the sky for signs of a way forward.
Beneath, the writhing landscape of a future so foreign we cannot yet comprehend which color she will be.
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Now is a tree
Now is a tree,
a place that is made of history.
Feel with your fingers
for lines etched in the bark,
the future is there
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The best part about summer
The best part about summer
Is the nothingness of it
Lying on a blanket in your back yard
A book on your chest
And iced tea in a mason jar
The best part about summer is the Fourth of July
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Intuition
Intuition is our instinct.
It’s our instinct tapping us on the back
and whispering what it believes will happen soon,
what it needs you to be on your guard for.
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Just a Bracelet
After 5th grade,
My bracelet
Was a brown bead
On a thin white string.
After 6th grade,
My bracelet
Was a green bead