My Light
My babysitter,
Brother,
Sister,
And I,
Huddle on the green couch.
Her laptop,
Shiny silver,
Is opened
My babysitter,
Brother,
Sister,
And I,
Huddle on the green couch.
Her laptop,
Shiny silver,
Is opened
Lilac
Colors blend
Soft pink
Scarlet
Fades
Blood orange
Mixes with the white
From across the pallet
Yellow
swift locks of golden hair belonging to—
a girl once invisible that now has a place in this world,
guitar stained with teardrops,
that is worn out by playing her song.
golden fireworks blazing from the sky—
Stuck in the constant cycle of being healthy and unhealthy
Eating nothing at all then eating too much, eating too much then nothing at all.
Depressed then happy, happy then depressed.
looking up at the sky,
i can understand
why ancient people thought
the earth was flat
and the sky was a dome
our own personal snow globe
only,
we're trapped in it.
now we know
When the rivers turn to blood,
we will know
that our violence,
our unending savagery, our cruelty,
things we pass off as normal,
has gone too far.
When the rivers turn to blood,
we will know.
little lions
poking up through the sidewalk cracks
little lions
rambling along the sides of hills
little lions
puffy yellow stars shining like the sun
Pine trees
Maple trees
Birch trees
(and all the other ones,
too)
Summer river water
Winter lake ice
(and everything in between,
too)
Light flurries
Hard snow storms
Icicles
I was born in the morning
when the wind's gentle hands
would fly past me- laughing
should we run through the land
I was born as the birds were
under the eaves
of a soothing huckleberry
Look to the star-pricked sky,
high moon like
a pearl kicked onto
the dark silk stretched from east to west.
Find yourself in
the silence that plays
Open the door
Check
Under the bed
Or else
No, I’m too tired. I’m sure I will be fine if I don-
Or else.
Make sure
I see a Soul behind your eyes.
Soulful, and
Wholly Loving.
You sometimes lash out, but
It is not your fault.
You are new to this, and I will