Writing

Man at desk with black birds
["Asgardian Seagulls," digital art by cedar, YWP]
  • Drill It Out

    Inspired by the lockdown drill and debrief I had in school today

    Cold hands on my shoulder that chilled to the bone

    A school hallway, a morning like a dream. A class change.

  • Lost

    I believe

    That everything in the universe

    Has an opposite but equal

    Double.

    A counteract

    A balancing factor.

    Like how 1 has -1

    And peanut butter has jelly

    Like that.

    I think

  • Mundane

    a lesbian couple on my bus home from school

    a man in a punk battle jacket on the street

    my mother's female CEO group chat blowing up

    four of my teachers taking the following day off

  • End Zone

    Repair the world,

    pull off the patterned papers.

    Leave the walls all bare and empty,

    no toll, free entry.

     

    Welcome to the end zone,

  • Not ready

    When the world is dark, and the stars are out 

    My mind comes alive. 

    I drown alone in my thoughts with a smile on my face, 

    And let myself get lost, 

    Because I know I’ll be found.