Posts
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The Banana Bread Legacy
Is it okay that I wish for my grandmother to die?
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We the People Are the Fixers
“We the people”
Encapsulates everyone.
Not those of a certain party
Not those of a certain race
Not those of a certain background
It was purposefully written
To include everyone.
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The Pain of Broken Friendship
A mini-canvas of me and her in a faceless painting style lies face down in the corner of my bookshelf. It took a month or two to turn over, but I still have the canvas. We made it at her house during a sleepover.
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Love
Both love and hate are free, and easy
But love makes people feel good;
Make people feel good.
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Phones
I am with my best friend, at her kitchen table, trying to tell her about a hard time I'm having.
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Camp Feelings
I’m at a seminar, for leadership.
Here, kids are like me: perfectionists, great students, excelling, afraid of not being enough.
Everyday, we scream our heads off to a cheer, O-U-T-S-T-A-N-D-I-N-G.
Loves
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melting point
Shoot all the bullets your cold visions desire,
shoot your anger away
to reel in the reputation you'll live with
until you die.
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We will overcome
United States Department of Education,
I'd like to start off by saying that this is a matter that has multiple ways of approaching it, discussing it, and evaluating it.
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what to expect from us
We try to stay quiet
despite the class being
nearly empty,
silent.
Muffle our laughter,
lower our heads,
cover our mouths,
attempting to
suppress our stalling.
Difficult
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I'm not a poet
I'm not a painter,
but if I were, you'd be my muse.
I'm not a sculptor,
but if I were, I'd only sculpt you.
If I were a singer, I would never run out of songs, -
take the president and run
capture the old
to become the new.
kidnap the worse
to become the better?
better at running a country
that isn't even ours,
better at taking credit for
work that isn't his,
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New Year's
"Happy New Year!"
"I got a little lost; can you show me the way?"
"Inauguration day is just around the corner!"
"Welcome to eleventh grade. You're almost out!"
"Hi, my name's what's your name?