An ode to my city

parks and parking lots 
swings and little tots 
schools and grocery shops 
libraries and flu shots 

laughter and falling tears 
musicals and forgotten fears 
birthdays and passing years 
games and many cheers 

memories and mansions 
dances and glances 
friends and dead ends 
love and second chances

Geri

MD

17 years old

More by Geri

  • What Will It Take?

    At parties I sit quiet and calculate my words

    I avoid the eyes of guys and stare at my phone. 

    After all that hiding, 

    dissatisfaction feels like heartburn, 

  • Inevitable

    crying over a simple email 

    the lasts build a lump in my throat 

    last time beaming onstage 

    signing yearbooks 

    wearing a stiff blue skirt 

  • Battle Cries

    One girl’s lanky frame against the dark turf field,

    lit up by fluorescent lights 

    She saunters toward the building 

    holding another girl’s hand