Popcorn

No one likes you 

They say

But I really don’t care anyway

I know that there’s a bigger picture

A better life around the bend

Being disliked is no the end

Or is it?

I tip toe inside carefully

the room feels empty and cold without you here

abandoned

your faded teddy bear sleeps on your bed

your pink sheets already seem duller

there's still piles of smelly clothes on the floor

It is well known that cell phones can cause many problems in and out of school. Previously teachers have had the opportunity to tell their students to place their phones in “phone pockets” near the door.

You?

     Me?

Us?

     Oh,

How deeply

     I wish 

Those words 

Today was the first time I've gone biking in the morning — the proper morning, when the sun is light on your shoulders and the neighborhood is waking up, bursting with birdsong and the not-so-harmonious orchestra of barking dogs — and it was wonde