Home
Young Writers Project

Search form

  • Login
  • DONATE
  • CREATE
    • RECENT POSTS
    • THE DAILY READ
  • COMMUNITY
    • TINY WRITES
    • BOOK CLUB
    • YWP PODCAST: Line Break
  • CHALLENGES
    • SUMMER OF STORIES: Challenges
    • SUMMER OF STORIES: Contest
    • JOURNALISM CHALLENGES
      • Journalism Project Info
    • THE GREAT POETS CHALLENGE
    • CHALLENGES BANK
    • YWP RESOURCES
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • ANTHOLOGY 12
      • Celebrate Anthology 12 Podcast!
    • THE VOICE
    • SPECIAL ISSUES: The ELM 2021-22
      • The ELM 2020-21
      • The ELM 2019-20
    • MEDIA PARTNERS
    • YWP NEWSLETTER
    • ANNUAL REPORT
  • ABOUT
    • ABOUT YWP
    • "YWP is ..." Who we are!
    • PERMISSION FORM
    • TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE
    • CONTACT US
  • Donate
  • LOG IN/JOIN
Previous Post
Next Post
Aug 07
poem
Spoopy_Mouse's picture
Spoopy_Mouse

Growing Up

A Greyhound bus to Boston
And a hotel that smelled like mold
With water stains washing the walls
Everything 17 years too old

Backs pressed to the wall of the museum
Hoping people would analyze us as art
I saw myself in every painting
I was Watson and I was the shark

I got lost among the city streets
Thought I was smart enough to navigate
But I'm never enough enough
The sun is setting and I am so scared
  • Spoopy_Mouse's blog
  • Sprout
  • Log in or register to post comments
  • Print Friendly, PDF & Email
Posted: 08.07.21
Spoopy_Mouse's picture
About the Author: Spoopy_Mouse
MSG / CONTACT
RECENT LOVES
  • When it comes to love
  • bloom
  • Writer's Block
  • Gowanus
  • Rainbow Refractions
RECENT COMMENTS
  • Thank you! I absolutely agree
  • Thanks :)
  • Thank you! The orb is a
  • I’m glad you liked my poem. I
  • I found it under a small

Other Posts

  • Savior Complex
    It's hard to hold any manwho reaches out with empty handsWaiting in the water Read more
    in poem 0 Comments
  • Low Tide
    I was born from desireMy heart sloshing in my chestReady to erode everything Read more
    in poem 1 Comment
  • Missing Summer
      Read more
    in visual/photos/art 0 Comments

Discussion

Comments

  1. thegreenone
    Aug 12, 2021

    Greyhound bus? That's Bostonian approved!

    no way a male poet?! yes way

    • Log in or register to post comments
  • ABOUT
  • DONATE
  • PUBLICATIONS
  • SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER
  • JOIN/LOGIN
YWP is a creative, online community of teen writers and visual artists, ages 13-18. We're based in Burlington, VT, and we welcome young creators from anywhere!
Special thanks to The Kemmerer Family Foundation whose generous support made this new, improved website possible.
Website development and design by Refaktor Inc., Summit Creative Works, and YWP's Vivien Sorce, Lauren McCabe, Katherine Moran, and Susan Reid.

Young Writers Project | 47 Maple St., Suite 216 | Burlington, VT 05401
501(c)(3) nonprofit established in 2006
Contact: Susan Reid, Executive Director: [email protected]; (802) 324-9538