Poetry

I don't want to lead

I do it naturally

Can I stop now

Is it enough

Is it enough for you

For them

To not always be

On top

All the time

Everyone

Looking to me

For examples

We laughed

We played

We had so much fun

We were

Always together

Always supportive

Brought the party

Wherever we went

We were

Fun

We were

Cool

We were

We were in Montreal

But this time you were there

And my friends

You said you liked my skirt

We got up from dinner

Everyone walked around

I walked close to you

Why do you love this?

What makes you keep doing it?

I am always asked these questions.

How do I tell them

How do I say

That sometimes it's the only thing that matters to me?

outside tasting like orange fanta; beautiful.

contagious laughter sweet sticky summer nights

How do I explain

that doubled over laughter

none of us

can play volleyball but

all of us

can laugh

and s'mores

you asked me

what I was doing

I was doing

it all wrong

you said

yesterday i wore jean shorts and a white shirt with lemons on it. i forgot seven times that we aren’t going back today.

there are swans all around me 

but they are blind 

or i am invisible 

and i don't know which

The house breathes heavy.
Shadows louder than footsteps.
A slammed door echoes like thunder,
but we pretend it’s just the wind again.

Dinner gets cold while silence sits warm.
Mama stirs her coffee like nothing’s wrong.

I think I live for the silent and still —

The friends you made against your will.

The evening light,

The morning mist,

The impossible odds that you even exist.

𐑢𐑳𐑯 𐑒𐑫𐑛 𐑤𐑫𐑒 𐑩𐑐𐑪𐑯 𐑞 ·𐑗𐑮𐑰, 𐑯 𐑢𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼 𐑢𐑳𐑑 𐑦𐑑 𐑦𐑟, 

𐑯𐑳𐑥𐑚𐑼𐑟 𐑓𐑴𐑤𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑞𐑺 𐑜𐑮𐑱 𐑚𐑪𐑛𐑦𐑟 𐑴𐑝𐑼 𐑞 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦 

𐑜𐑤𐑴𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑑 𐑝 𐑳𐑯𐑣𐑻𐑑 𐑤𐑲𐑓. 𐑢𐑻𐑛𐑟, 𐑰𐑗 𐑥𐑴𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑑

𐑖𐑨𐑤 𐑒𐑩𐑤𐑨𐑐𐑕 𐑦𐑯 𐑖𐑨𐑥𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑟, 𐑩𐑖𐑻𐑛 𐑸𐑥𐑼𐑦𐑙 𐑯𐑪𐑑