Gali

Gali

VT

13 years old

Posts

  • An Apple

    An apple is

    A reminder

    A token to bring you back

    To the day in the orchard

    When you were six years old

    Sitting on your dad's shoulders

    Reaching for an apple

    That you had decided was perfect

  • She Smiles

    She smiles

    Like she doesn’t feel

    The weight of

    Expectations 

    On her shoulders

    She smiles

    As if she didn’t 

    Spend last night

    Crying in her room

    Slowly breaking

  • Community

    Community

    Is like a warm sweater

    It takes time to make

    But it's worth it

    It's warm

    And comfortable

    Community is like

    Your favorite book

    You can move on

    Go somewhere else

  • When They Were Kids

    The past

    Full of mishaps

    Full of mistakes

    Full of mess ups

    Full of errors

    Contradictory

    We should learn about

    All the things we did wrong

    So we can get better

    But some people

Loves

  • apple

    i'll use your name. sweet nothings spill

    from well-meaning mouths & shatter on concrete radiating summer sun

    right back at you, perfect -- dainty -- shiny with dewdrops. they told me

  • Tired.

    I’m tired.

    Not “need-a-nap” tired.

    Not “school-was-long” tired.

    I’m tired in a way that reaches all the way down to my ribs.

    I don’t sleep much anymore.

    I stay up listening.

    Not for music.

  • Fire

    Wisps of smoke flick through the sky

    a quickly fading whisper of what was

    of what used to be

    but not anymore.

    Faintly glowing embers

    tokens of the past

    they fade away too soon

  • what’s next

    she walks into the room like a sentence that forgot to whisper

    light brown hair pulled back in a way that says she didn’t try

    but still somehow gets it right

    clear glasses catching the light

  • my next trick

    it won't be flashy, showy, or

    even remotely special to the untrained eye

    but those who've suffered the burden of 

    knowing me will understand why

    my next trick is magical.

    from the seventh grader who