Aster

Aster

VT

15 years old

Posts

  • difficulties

    How hard can it be 
    to pretend you would fly to me
    through universes of love and pain and proud and fear?
    How hard can it be
    to think of your glowing eyes, 
    your shining, swirling hair,
    your smooth, sly smile?
  • Cedar to Palace


    Once,
    on a rainy day,
    my brother and I just happened to be outside,
    standing under a cedar.

    Then my eyes lit up.

    This tree had an old wooden pallete underneath the branches,

  • my greatest fear


    what goes bump in the night 
    for me?

    what am i scared of?

    really,
    the only true answer
    is
    myself.

    i'm afraid of my mind,
    what it can do to me.
    i'm not supposed to give it this power.
    i try.
  • Huh?

    Where are you?
    Somewhere, buried deep,
    there you are,
    ready for me.

    But am I you?
    Are you me?
    How would I know-
    I might be you,
    you might be me.

    What is going on?
     
  • here

    We're out there.

    We're here for you.

    Ready for anything you need, 
    say,
    do,
    ready for you.

    We're a shoulder to cry on.
    When you need it,
    we're here for it.

    You feel alone,
    alone in the darkness,
  • an old Elsa dress

    Once upon a time,

    you were a tiny thing 
    never ever took off that Elsa dress
    or your headband either.

    Once, 

    you cut your hair 
    so short 
    that there was enough to donate