Writing

i write poetry on lined paper

in class & only half pay attention, rounded letters

barely containing all i want to say. i use green marker

& stare dreamily into the yellowed margins,

We read poems on printed white sheets in english class

Color them with highlights

And words like freedom

Are covered in pink.

And a hundred years ago

Streets of Minneapolis by Bruce Springsteen 

is so hard to watch when comments

are sobbing about seeing renee's face

or alex pretti's

with flowers piled up and ice agents shooting

love cannot be created or destroyed.

like energy 

it shape shifts

following those filled with passion

and hope

but appearing to leave 

at the slightest touch of pain

Note:

All the italicized words are lyrics from the song You Will Be Found from the original Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen. All of the non-italicized stuff is my thoughts, don't judge please...

i have a couple of pieces of lined paper in my school binders that i use to write daily short poems. i hope you enjoy reading some of them!!

child of vermont,

the snow thickens the sky