I race across the sandy shore
Sand spreading beneath my toes 
As the waves crash alongside me

When the tide starts to go out 
I turn towards the water
Gliding into the ocean with the grace of a swan

Before going up for a breath
I spin a full circle, my arms waving
remembering the joy in this type of freedom

As we slip into summer break soon, I just wanted to express that school in the past year in the pandemic has been incredibly difficult and that everyone here deserves time to themselves this summer to do things that you love! We all may still have responsibilities this summer that we have to do, but still, try to find time to do things that make you happy this summer. Be proud of yourself for everything you have overcome this past year and for the amount of strength you have gained. For me, this past year has been a constant struggle between me trying to be productive and just being exhausted (and I'm sure many of you feel this way as well!), and saying this to all of you is also just a reminder to myself that we all deserve a break. I'm not sure where all of you are at with school right now (some of you may be on break already, some of you may not), but I'm wishing everyone best of luck for any exams or projects that you have for finishing up the school year.

Choice
Good or bad
Black or white
Apple or orange
Warm or cold
Winter or spring
Happy or sad
Smile or glare
Pink or purple
Yes or no
Tall or short
Big or small
Life or death
Choice

 

 

 

I sigh for you when you look away
As if I wasn’t the one who set a fire to my mouth
In case you turned to kiss me- 
As if I wasn’t the one who offered to be your creation
Or to be your equal 
Or to be anything you needed me to be,
As long as it wasn’t in love, not with you-
For I am not the man who created my idea of self worth,
But a creature stuck between him and myself
Hinged on anything in place of what you offer

I sigh for the things that you enjoy 
As if I wasn’t the one who denied them for myself 
In case I fell for them like you did for me-
As if I wasn’t the one who spoke poison of the things you love 
Not from my own hate
But from the hate of another man,
Who holds his power through my guilt-
For I am not the man who created my idea of love,
But a loving man all the same
Even if all I can do is care for you 

I sigh for this
As if it were my own secrets,

Never let hope wonder
Reach out and grasp it
it flys away
is it over yonder?
or have you already moved past it?
but I will always find this hope
this hope I will always find
for this hope
this hope is mine

Riches of generosity
Grew stale in the wraith of spite
Iron bars now chafe my scalp
Unchain me from dependency

Warm and humid gold evenings
Spun to char in the breeze
Your bitterness clenching my fist
Unchain me from dependency

I lay suspended in the dark
Grasping angrily at broken glass
Shattered expectations scattered in the sand
Unchain me from dependency

Scraps of your hurricane clatter in waves
With these bars I compose my ode to sorrow 
With these bars I bid an out of tune farewell
And brace myself to turn the key

Eyelash on my cheek but I refuse a wish
Fingertips moving eloquently in the figure of dawn
Tremble with poise
And brace myself to turn the key

Love letters burn at daybreak
Tears evaporate from an arid mind
Dried manner- not stale
For I am saved through desertion

A silent anthem trumpets