Plans

Planning

Every day

Every chance that is given

Scheduling

Organizing RSVPs

Bugging people to respond.

Talking to the caterer -

We can have bourekas after all -

And studying

Writing the speech

Studying more

And more

And more.

Trying to revive the wilted playlist

Making lists on docs of supplies

Of the food we want

On

And on

And on

Nonstop planning

For something that I never wanted.

Calico Frost

VT

13 years old

More by Calico Frost

  • Character Connections

    Prompt for 2025-26 challenges:

    Character connections: In poetry or prose, write about a connection - whether positive, negative, or neutral - between two characters or yourself and a character.

  • Drowning in the unknown

    I am tormented by slight movements

    even silence is hurting me

    reality seems to be strobing

    or something like it -

    I've yet to learn how to explain these moments to others,

    even myself.

    It's not normal,

  • Anticipation

    This is the worst kind of anticipation

    this anticipation isn't just fear of what is to come

    it's laced around the edges with knowledge of how it went last time

    of how a repeat of last year is most likely inevitable.