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Stuck
Each poem
each message
deleted
one
after
the other.
The words don't flow freely anymore,
now slow and sticky
not flying out my fingers in their regular way.
I can't make it work
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Lost
The day I lost my youth completely
the sweet scent of childhood
swept away by the sharp,
tangy,
sensation of adolescence.
I have chased after my hopes and dreams
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Emotions
As my parents would put it,
in a funk.
As my friends would put it,
depressed
or
tired.
How I put it,
aware of real life and frustrated and upset.
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The Woods
At first, it is boring
irritating
because I don't want to be there.
But quickly
as I enter the woods
the cool, damp springy air
tinted with the scent of ferns that lie on either side of the trail.
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Plans
Planning
Every day
Every chance that is given
Scheduling
Organizing RSVPs
Bugging people to respond.
Talking to the caterer -
We can have bourekas after all -
And studying
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Lemonade
I slip through the house
tiptoeing through the hallways that loom over my sensitive ears
I enter the kitchen
where a pitcher of lemonade is sitting on the counter.
Yes.
Loves
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I want to cry
I want to cry.
I want to cry
But I cannot.
Graduation
Graduation
They're leaving
It's finally happening and how will I survive
What if this what if that
Stress
Schoolwork
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Mountains of Emotion
Being a teenager in today's world is so hard.
You have to deal with: stress of school, social interactions, people telling you what to do and what not to do.
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Days like these
I hold a dandelion to my lips,
The skeletal puff of its existence -
And I blow on it gently
After thinking hard:
What should I wish for?
For my friends to never have to leave?
To stop being so behind
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Playlist
A ton of songs -
Over fifty -
I love them all,
But fade so quickly.
My interest dies
By the tenth repetition,
And so I move on
To a cooler mission.
This beat, this soundtrack
On a loop.
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Amongst the clover
Here you lie,
Upon the grass,
Clover disguising your fragile body.
Far away from your nest and kin,
How did you get here?
Ruining your innocence
Ruining mine
Comes the wheel -
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all at once
Overwhelmed
by everything unexplainable,
everything that can't be put into words.
There is too much that needs to be let go
so it comes out silently,
but is never fully gone.