Poetry

I was running down the street when it started to rain 

So I took out my hearing aids. 

The world quieted around me. 

I kept on 

running,  

each foot fall 

We're weak

And yet you still must

Trap us with laws

Because deep down inside

You know we are strong

We're insignificant

But you get distracted

By our clothes

And you need a girl

It comes like clockwork

Tainting my life in red

Searing pain

Heavy thoughts

Crushing my heart

And yet

I go to school

I get good grades

I do my sports

With the taint of red

Everyday

Give me a reason

for walking away,

was I too shallow

when you wanted a deep abyss?

Give me a reason

for losing faith,

was I too dreamy

when you wanted to be awake?

Give me a reason

The clock is ticking down fast.

Basketballs are being shot and dribbled as we warm up.

Fans are getting settled and rowdy as the game is about to start.

They’re everywhere: 

Stories of growing up and getting old 

And time slipping through a child’s fingers 

Like sand at the beaches of your memories. 

His eyes reminded me of the stars, 

so deep I swear I could see his heart. 

He was full of light, 

I was still trying to fight 

the battle going on in my soul. 

To every little girl out there 

With big dreams 

And bright eyes 

I hope that by the time 

You reach middle school 

Our world will be different 

Rain,

It fills my soul,

it knows my words.

The momentary substance of memorial dreams.

The changing mirror of living things.

I remember being younger when the playground was in bloom, 

You told me that I had a choice to use just one; But whom? 

The slide was overcrowded and I could never get a ride, 

it rained and it rained and it rained and it rained

and it rained

and it rained.

and i felt the water welling up inside of me

and i screamed in agony

and all of the water came rushing out and flooded the world

falling...

 a good day

 fun and silly

 almost happy

 then the whispers

falling...

 I laugh and run

 with gay abandon

 chasing dreams