The How, Why, When, and Beyond

I had to make a choice
in the chilly night air
to give in to my feelings
or try and hold them back.

I chose to love you.

I had to make a choice
last spring
to come back to life
or fade away.

I chose to be resurrected.

I had to make a choice
one golden summer evening
to start planning my future
or live in the past.

I chose to look towards the horizon.

I have to make a choice 
 now, in this sleepy cafe
to keep whispering your name
or to keep moving towards an uncertain future.

I choose to...

JordanSara

VT

YWP Alumni

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    In some crevice of my mind
    I know that spring has ended.

    I must leave behind my forest green
    and bury the laughter and dreams
    just beyond the trees.

    The snow is calling to my bones
    sapping away the life of flowers
  • Who Are You?

    I don't know.
    Shadows under my eyes 
    try to answer the question.
    They're blue and sinking deeper, fast.

    I am the girl who sings
    who writes poetry
    who stands on a stage
  • The Poets Are Mad

    All the poets are crazy,
    dreamers with so much and so little to say,
    armed only with words to make everything
    in the world right again.

    They say, it is up to the artists
    it is up to the youth