Poetry

How their caring eyes show they care

Oh, how loved I feel

My favorite people surround me

Everyone chose to love me

The clinking chain of the swing

The sweet smell of summer

Thundering sounds of someone throwing trash away in the distance

The scratching sounds of my pencil

The warm sun on my skin

Airplane flying overhead

The Earth’s green terrain

Then a sudden refrain

Roads cut through nature’s expression

Trees fight to the sun

Cut down, their lives done

Their corpses a fatal reflection

I hope that one day,

I can make an impact,

and change lives for the better.

I hope that every little kid

grows up with childlike hope,

and never loses it.

I hope that one day,

Every time I think I didn’t care

Every time I think you did nothing to me

But I can feel you

Creeping around who I’ve become

In my relationships

Beyond you -

I didn’t know how to do this,

I was sitting on a bench

In the center of my state

The sun burned  bright

And hard

Making me squint my eyes

But I still tried my best

To look at you

The conversation was good

Reflected back at me,

I see myself through the sea.

My traits written in the stars,

I think back to the planet far from mars.

Where dreams weave themselves into reality.

A single spark, a fleeting breath, 

This wild, precious life, defying death. 

I'll chase the sun on windswept shore, 

And seek the truths I can't ignore. 

But I watch as

the

Jeweled raindrops hit the

Glassy water

Like tiny daggers

And

Rebound upon the surface

Inverted teardrops

To reflect mine

Empty swing set; no laughter now.

The toy falls 

faster 

faster 

closer to the ground 

its paws reaching out

it lands on the grass with a light thud

it hides there

waiting

quietly.

Moments slip away

faster than I'd like them to.

Moments I could hold onto forever

moments I would hold onto forever

if I were given the chance.

Although memories are forever,