HOLDING HAPPINESS

Who knew happiness

was something

to hold

A lonely palm

Happiness takes

Wraps itself

Into the embrace

Of your open self

My happiness

Holds me back

Don’t let yours

Slip away

Posted in response to the challenge Spring: Writing Contest.

RyRylan

VT

16 years old

Poetry

By RyRylan

Uncle Sam. (Fourth of July)

How do I celebrate?
How do I cheer
with masses of people?
How do I celebrate freedom,
knowing only half of me was set free today?

Read More
Poetry

By RyRylan

POEMS

Poems are my eyes
Windows to a soul, Body, Mind
A new worldview

Read More
Poetry

By RyRylan

Under the Night Sky

Look to the star-pricked sky,
high moon like
a pearl kicked onto
dark silk stretched from east to west.

Find yourself in
the silence that plays

Read More