Posts
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The Look
The Look
Lingering
I look away
I recognize it
I know what it means
Why can't you let it go
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Leadership
I take care
Of everyone
All the time
The oldest
At home
At school
Checking in with friends
Trying to comfort them on their drama
Without being pulled into it
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Is there anyone out there?
Is there anyone out there?
I'm alone here
In the dark
Crushing weight on my shoulders
I
Can't
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Lonely nights
I can't sleep
I know I need to
Ugh, again??
Usually I have trouble getting to sleep
In the summer
It's hot
But the AC's on and my earbuds are in
Relaxing music
What's the problem?
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Sort of familiar
It's sort of familiar
You next to me
I can't tell if it's me being familiar to you
How you feel beside me
Or familiar to
Being pressed against someone on a couch
(this has happened to me a lot)
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Again
Again, we piled onto the couches
Facing each other
The librarians told us to keep it down.
Again, we talked and laughed
Learned all the new drama
Caught up to each other's summer lives
Loves
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Some days
Some days I look through my folder
Flip through my books
Scroll through PDFs
And I just don't want to
Just don't feel like it
Just not in the mood
And suddenly I am terrified
Terrified
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The Great Similarity
We
Contain multitudes,
Infinite differences
And variations; it is
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Tears
My tears taste of memories,
slipping from my eyes,
replaying on my cheeks,
leaving a trail of our past on my lips,
tasting of the bitter-sweet moments of us,
and finally,
silently,
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See you, brother
I don't think you're a waste of space,
I'll give you my room and my pillow
As long as you make the bed afterwards,
And close the windows to keep the rain out.
I don't think your not enough,
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my hair
my hair falls like clumps of tears
ready to be set free,
like chains held over my head.
i tied my hair into knots
of familial expectations,
the knot’s been untied,
and the cage has opened
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Mixed Feelings
I am sad
sad to not have weekly meetings with you
I am nervous
nervous of what I'll be doing this weekend
I am excited
excited to show off, to show my friends and family this tradition
I am apprehensive