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Living in the Moment
To live in the moment
is to really see
to really feel the world around you
to live in the moment is to capture the glow of a camper's hair in the sunlight
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How do I help
One of the things that hurts me most
out of everything
is when I see you stressed
frustrated
upset
about things that I agree with too
and you're going through pain
and I don't know how to help
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What writing really is
The pen soars
leaps
flies
across the page
dancing against the paper
creating lines
curves
letters
words form
spun from the thin, golden thread of imagination.
The pen twirls
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"Teenagers these days"
You shape us
physically and mentally
emotionally and metaphorically
you make fun of us
for finding the flaws
the sketchy parts
in your systems
saying
teenagers these days
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Three friendly quilts
Three strings
each woven from a different material
braided
into one.
That's us
we're all different
but we found ways to wind our hearts together
how to connect with each other.
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Easily forgotten
It was what, four and a half weeks ago?
sometime after school ended
I wanted to stay for the whole time
I brought snacks for everyone
bagel chips and hummus
Loves
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Stay
I saw a photo of our band from last year
our Wind Ensemble
the intern we all fell in love with
the conductor we adore
everyone was together
and I just...
gah.
I wanted to yell STAY
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Looking back at my photos on an old walkman at 9 p.m.
Sack race
thirteenth birthday party
start of seventh grade.
My two BFFs since kindergarten,
the one that slipped in from fourth grade,
the two I met in fifth -
then of course my party girlfriends
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Smiling into my pillow
How lucky am I?
To feel loved?
In a household and a family and a school that makes me feel not worth it
not good enough
and I found someone outside of it all who loves me?
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The East Wind
The East Wind is a rabbi in a darkened shul. He sits pored over the Torah scroll long into the night, his back bent like a cane. People come and go and come again, whispering prayers for the needy, the hungry, the sick.
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Fourteen - expectations
You get older
nothing gets easier.
Everything only gets worse.
I have mountains of expectations
over fourteen years of my life
it feels like so much
it's so little
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Life goes on
it was bound to happen eventually
the death of a best friend
but now
now is a bad time
on hannukkah
what kind of a miracle is that?
now im miserable