maelynslavik

maelynslavik

VT

15 years old

Posts

  • A Distance That Doesn't Show

    My legs launch of the block,
    At the sound of the buzzer.
    I glide smoothly into the water,
    Forming delicate splashes,
    And tiny waves.
    My feet kick,
    Pushing and pulling the water.
    My arms haul me forward,
  • Streaking Emotions

    Lightning flashes,
    Streaking bright yellow
    Across the sky.
    Thunder booms,
    Rattling your brain,
    Shaking your view.
    The clouds let it out,
    After bottling up the rain
    And precipitation.
    The sky is gloomy,
  • A Stance On Golden Water

    My paddle dips into golden water,
    Gently splashing,
    The glassy water.
    The board glides,
    Creating a trail of where it’s been. 
    The bubbles mark the area,
    Marking where it has stood.
    The water understands,
  • Tires Persisting

    My bike tires whir,
    Moving along the dirt.
    They grip the rocks and roots,
    Saying their hellos and goodbyes,
    Pushing me forward.
    The grass and mud fights the force,
    But the bike persists. 
    It holds its own,
  • Ode To Chocolate

    I had to write an ode poem for Humanities class.  We were instructed to choose something silly, so I chose chocolate.  Here it is:

    Chocolate, 
    Oh chocolate,
    You warm me head to toe.
  • Splattered With Personality

    I stare at my palm where a seed has been placed.  My friend, a genius in plants, gave it to me right before she left forever.  She had said, “Eliana, I have been researching for weeks, and tried to manipulate the DNA of the seed to create s

Loves

  • The Girl I Wanna Be

    She loves everyone,

    so everyone loves her.

    Even when she's crumpling inside,

    She'll always show the side of her

    that's always willing to be positive.

    When you want to throw your world away,

  • Legacy

    I hope that our legacy is our effort to love, that it is the times we held umbrellas above other peoples heads and shared whatever food we had and pointed out the stars.

  • if only

    I worked hard on it

    we worked hard on it

    cardboard piece by cardboard piece

    completed with neon yellow construction paper and pipe cleaners

    hot gluing the cardboard

    a big cardboard circle on the bottom

  • Summer camp

    Nostalgia

    I love this place

    This camp

    Third year

    With my cousin best friend

    And...it feels like school

    There are people from school

    Which

    Even if I like them

    Makes me tense up