roots

My deep tangled roots
Twisted into knots
Running cross country
Are dragging towards the ocean
Yearning for the sun dripping down
Over wet seals bodies
In warm embrace
I want nothing to do
With this life
Today,
I am somewhere else

 
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Sunflowergirl

VT

18 years old

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  • By Sunflowergirl

    Waiting for Winter


    I wait for winter
    in her heavy white boots
    and sharp sparkling nails
    her 5th avenue white fur coat
    and flushed pink cheeks
    she wears black tights
    taught over thin, toned legs
    summer and autumn
    watch her in envy

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    Sunday

    The rain has found its way
    Onto our mountain
    Drenching each new bud
    Reaching for life 
    In the foggy air
    Smothering their joyous cries
    As mud seems to engulf us
    One 
    By one

     

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  • Poetry

    By Sunflowergirl

    In the night

    There's this beauty in the unknown outside my window
    Dark and heavy
    As though miles beneath the water
    Where everything is quieter, slower
    Except for a few stars
    There is nothing
    I wonder 

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