Scarry Night

Scarry Night

VT

17 years old

Posts

Loves

  • a letter to congress

    i will kneel on broken glass as

    my blood stains the pearly sheen so that

    you will see i've resorted to my last option: begging

    before you (as a woman should be) to rip

    the cloth around your eyes away and

  • But then

    i haven't written in five months,

    and i regret it every day

    my room is a mess,

    but i don't know where to start 

    the homework is piling up,

    and my perseverance is dwindling

    i need to practice more,

  • anticipation

    i remember my first day of middle school

    i was wearing washed-out jeans and a t-shirt from Target

    my short brown hair was parted to the side

  • autumn's embrace

    as fall starts rolling in

    and summer slows to a stop

    i like to imagine many things, 

    everything, nonstop

    i imagine the sweet, sweet song of hooting owls after dark