Poetry

we practically fall over ourselves these light afternoons,

rushing like snow amongst crocuses to be the first ones outdoors,

on our bikes, to the corner, down the hill. oh lord the hill! it is

the forest knows me

& takes me back this day

calling

i am lightened,

please come stay.

shatter me stars 

a thousand shards of tomorrows 

breaking across the dawn 

picked out in typeset and ink 

a thousand flaming horizons 

reaching forward 

as I shatter 

Don't join those kids in teasing that girl.

Sure, she was annoying,

But you are too,

And sure those kids were safety, 

But they will soon dissappear,

And you will be left with only the guilt,

I’d leave the unmade bed,
the pile of textbooks that feel like lead,
and the mirror that’s never quite right.

I’d just walk until the streetlights
stop looking like eyes,
and start looking like stars I can actually reach.

I am my own hero,

not because I fly or hold the sun,

but because when the foundations cracked

and the roof gave way to the weight of it all,

I did not let the dust become my grave.

Night reached a sticky hand 

Into her packet of pop rocks, hair

Messy but with perfect curls, eyes

Ever-changing with the color of dusk, 

Silky purple dress that twirled 

When it all hurts 
I watch the sunset,
I hear it tell me there is still beauty.
I see it gleaming
The sweet strawberry red
That stains the sky like red staining our fingertips
Leaving behind wisps of orange

we’ve been

circling

for so long

earth

a line we never cross

we drift

repeat

return

again

again

they’ll go farther

than any of us have

cut past the orbit

not accidental

cut it like i meant it

people laughed

said i looked 

like

like

someone else

someone i wasnt supposed to

like it was an insult

like it would land

i let it

I sat
curled in a ball
under the scorching stream.
Blistering water 
drawing a flushed mosaic on my back.

I misinterpret what you mean,

I cannot quite decipher words,

Your voice is sweet, your love is pure,

But who is all this pure love for?

I’d wait for you,