Posts
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Singled Out
I always feel singled out of the crowd.
I wonder why they chose me.
I wonder why they don’t pick on anyone else when I am around.
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Rumors
Rumors.
They suck.
I had one about me
That I was dating a girl that I was just friends with
But according to middle school boys that means that we are
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Feelings
I find myself both fearful and mad
At the outcome that happened on November 5.
I find myself wanting to curl into a ball and hide from it all for four years.
But I can’t.
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Scared
I woke in the middle of the night
Oblivious to the pain that would come in 4 hours
When I woke up to my dad next to my bed a sad look on his face
My world shattered.
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Why do we fight?
I feel scared whenever I think about the election.
Because of what is at stake.
Because really it’s everything that’s at stake right now.
Freedom.
Justice.
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The Dance
Joining my friends in front of the door to my school.
People chanting:
Let us in!!
Let us in!!
Finally they open the door and I walk inside.
Loves
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Longing to be younger
Catching fireflies
In my palms
Catching snowflakes
On my tongue
Throwing wishes
To the sky
On the wings
Of dandelions
Dreaming
With my head
In the clouds
Begging to stay
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Silent Thoughts
To be chosen.
That's all I wish for — to be someone's first choice.
I watch from afar, lost in a sea of the bittersweet feeling
As others are always chosen first, but never me,
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Teenhood
There should be a word
For ages thirteen through seventeen.
There should be a word
Like childhood or adulthood
That describes
Being a teenager.
Adolescence is one, yes
But it doesn't fit.
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Remembering Snow Days
This piece is a textual representation of what I was thinking this morning when I woke up to a snow day. My university classes are cancelled for today and it reminded me of what it felt like to be a kid on a snow day playing outside.
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A Letter to the Grownups
It's not all the grownups,
But it's too many.
Nothing is how it should be.
The world is heating.
The government collapsing.
Yet we,
We are only overreacting.
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Girlhood (A List)
Girlhood is texting your crush because it's late at night and you don't know any better.
Girlhood is staring way too hard at the prettiest girl in class.