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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Why Can’t I be Both
Why can’t I be both
Why can’t I like
Crop tops
And still support
Women’s rights
Why can’t I wear makeup
And still think
All bodies
Are beautiful
Why is it bad
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The Way Of Life
One foot
Infront of the other
Head held high
Flat expression
On my face
The only sign
Of any emotion
Are my fists
Clenched by my sides
Or my thumb
Tapping each finger
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Borders
Sat down drew
on a piece of paper
the land
we knew.
Sat down drew
lines between
us
----
them
it's a squiggle here
decided,
the river's clear
ly a bound
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One Word
Every
word
you say has the power to
alter the
world,
every sentence has the power
to
create
and
destroy,
every paragraph has the
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I'm Sorry
I'm sorry
I'm sorry for what
My country is doing
For what we seem to think
Is OK
I'm sorry for how
My president is acting
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Vulnerable
At school
we're doing a poetry unit.
"Oh cool, we write poetry all the time!"
My friend says.
What we didn't realize, though,
was that the teacher turned on the tap
to our inner selves