Sawyer Fell

Dear Mom,

I forgot to buy you something again. I guess I couldn't find anything that expressed my gratitude enough, so I've decided to write you something until I have time to buy you that wine you like. 

Religion is girlhood

God is a teenage girl screaming the names of the people she used to love at the sky

Worship is dancing and celebrating while still being upset

     Sarah made grunting noises as we passed the deli, I asked her why, yet she didn't answer me. It’s almost as if we’re tense every time we walk downtown. 

I’m warning you

When I fall in love

Every moment

Is made into poetry 

Never forget this moment, my child.

Never forget the tall mountains of mist

Or the low valleys of grass

Never forget the forests so peaceful

The ocean so sparkling

Autumn is a woman with a top hat and golden eyes atop a horse as dark as night.

Autumn is the auburn hills glowing in the light of the harvest moon.

Autumn is the pumpkins and the squash and the nostalgia.