This is also civilized

Feet aching, hair stringy and heavy.
My voice is blown out, but I couldn't stop shouting if I tried,
Shouting out lyrics I must be getting wrong. 
All around me, are people of any age, race, and gender,
None of our useless problems seem to matter,
Why can't we all just live life like it's an Elton John concert? 
 

raincity

NY

16 years old

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  • moonstruck

    this night 

    the light is a milky, silvery blue 

    cascading down from the sky

    in rays that look like liquid silk

    dripping off tree branches 

    and coating the world in a cool, heavenly glow 

  • the lover

    love cannot be created or destroyed.

     

    like energy 

    it shape shifts

    following those filled with passion

    and hope

     

    but appearing to leave 

    at the slightest touch of pain

  • sophomore

    She wakes in the early morning

    And stares at the wall across from her 

    A sense of fear overtakes her

    Beginning in the pit of her stomach

    And spreading to each limb

    Coating her in feeling