Cold
We sat on a bench,
Huddled beneath a blanket,
Cocooning,
Trying to trap body heat.
It was freezing -
First day of summer break at the beach with friends,
And we’re all cold.
We sat on a bench,
Huddled beneath a blanket,
Cocooning,
Trying to trap body heat.
It was freezing -
First day of summer break at the beach with friends,
And we’re all cold.
it's hard to remember when/
when the throat begins to scratch at the mouth, begging to be let free
when the stomach begins its churning waves like an upset ocean god
it is dark at night
not the type of dark
i may envy
the type that frightens me
the unknowing of the present
We peeled off your name tag on your cubby.
We cleared it out. You took your stuff home.
It's empty now.
Lonely and sad and cold.
I hate it.
Your name is no longer there.
Everyone is pushing us into next year.
Pushing, pulling
All the time.
The eighth graders left yesterday.
I went to their graduation.
I tried to smile.
I cried a lot.
I have a lot of in between people.
The people I don't consider to be friends
But they're not my enemies, either.
The people I don't care about enough
To be awkward around
But also can't really goof off with
I realized recently
That there’s the family you don’t have a choice in -
Your biological parents, siblings, cousins -
And then there’s the family you do.
The family you share no blood with
But choose anyway.
i say goodbye and yet i find myself thinking about you again
i think about you in the weeping willow
singing a song of emotions that i do not know
i wonder if given the opportunity
I always said that it’d be the best day when I leave this school
But I’m not so sure now.
Sure, it wasn’t always easy,
But I gained so much good:
The best teacher I’ve ever had.
The confidence I always needed.
Arrows and
Men alike
both shall
break and shatter
at the means
of the other
Look to the sky
for salvation
He was a sacrifice
yet he did the same
Now he is Immortal
What are you
besides dead?
We hung out under a tree
The day they all left
Lost and alone
In our own heads
Someone forgot their hoodie and came back
And I ran to them
Yelling their name
Tacklehugging them
Needing them back.