Everything

I want to write about everything

the steady rain

the misery

the end of school

the upcoming event

the natural world

the current political universe of doom

but I can't phrase it

I need to say it all

but I can't

nothing is enough

I scream it into the world

but I am not heard

and I am too quiet

and I want to say everything

I want to say it all

I want to tell the world everything

I want to tell the book characters the plot

how their mentor dies in the next book

I want to tell anyone anything

I need to let out all of my words

all of my emotions

but how?

I can't get them out right

they don't phrase well

and I don't know what I want to say, exactly.

I just want to say it all

to say everything

to scream it

but it's hard to hear people right when they scream words because screaming is not a good way of transferring messages

but I want to say everything

I want to experience life

I want to know what everything means

what everything is

I need to know

I need to say

but I don't know how.

I had the same problem when I was little

I hadn't learned how to talk yet

and I could only scream

only yell

and no one knew what I was talking about

but eventually I learned hand signs

like more

and all done

but now

how do I convey my words?

I need to say everything

it's building up inside me

and I just have to wait

wait until I overflow

until I learn the hand signs

until I learn the language

how?

Calico Frost

VT

13 years old

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    as you "dance" on the "dance floor"

    which is really just an empty spot on the ground

    as you hold hands awkwardly

    though enjoying it

    as you experience feelings that I've never experienced before.

  • Separation

    It's always the goodbyes that are hardest

    especially when you've gotten so close

    after years of distance

    it's worst when you don't end up getting to spend the time you wanted to spend with them

  • Endless

    Card

    after card

    after card

    it keeps going

    the stack endless

    the family tree sprawling

    stretching

    growing

    by the second.

    I have to write it all down