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Dear Younger Me
Dear Younger Me,
I don’t have some wise advice
Although I suppose I’m supposed to
I don’t
There isn’t a grand password
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Countdown of Being a Girl
Fourteen
Fourteen years ago
My life became automatically harder
Because of how I looked
Thirteen
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Just a Rumor
It was just a threat
Just a rumor
It’s not real
It’s not gonna happen
But what about when it’s not a threat
When it’s real
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But What If I Was?
I’m not a painter
But if I was
I would paint masterpieces
And tell a story within each frame
I would create a piece of art
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I fear I lied to you
I fear that I lied to you, straight to your face
When you looked me in the eyes and asked
If I was ok, how I was doing
And I lied, straight to your face
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Broken Promise
America was once known
For its promise
The American promise
That stated everyone was equal
No matter their race
Or gender
Now it’s known
Loves
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This is Hell
"This is America"
you told me
when I was too young to understand
what you even meant
"This is America"
the land of the free
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I learned
I learned to cry without my eyes turning red
Letting tears run down my face
Silence can be agony
I cover up my tears with a smile pasted on for all to see
But no one sees me
I put on a mask
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the fractured girl
a few days ago
i ran home from the bus stop
soaked through and shivering
under a thunderous sky
my thoughts dissolving into rain
lightning pulsing in the air
threading through the coarse strands
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the girl in the mirror
I reach out, my fingertips brushing against the glass. I see a girl every time I look in a mirror, she's standing there on the other side but she's no longer the same as she used to be.
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My Flashlight is Flickering
It is a terrible thing when
democracy
kindness
peace
is taken away.
I think it must be almost worse when that pain becomes dull aBruise
That won’t go away.
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Legacy
What will they think of us?
200 years into our future
Long after our stories have faded,
After our lives' missions have been put to rest,