Gali

Gali

VT

13 years old

Posts

  • Fear Is A Cage

    Fear is a cage

    Trapping me

    Holding me

    Keeping me in the same spot

    I can peek through the bars

    Get a glimpse of hope

    But a shadow of fear covers it

    Fear is a cage

    Stopping me

  • I Hate But...

    I hate the way he talks

    But his voice sends me to laughter

    I hate his hair

    And yet when he runs his hands

    Through it

    I get butterflies

    I hate the way he is everywhere

    But I look for him

  • C-

    High expectations

    For myself

    Fear of failing

    Is something I will never

    Escape

    Each red mark

    On the paper

    Another mark

    To myself

    My confidence

    My pride

    The papers around me

  • So yea

    Don’t you dare call me dramatic

    Don’t you dare say I’m overreacting

    I am standing by what I said

    Your the problem

    So yea

    I had a choice

Loves

  • the key to me

    my heart is locked,

    and i'm keeping it for you. 

    the chain wrapped around it

    still remains from the last time

    it shattered. 

     

    i build up my mountains,

    and my defenses in my mind.

  • Australia

    At school we draw in the margins of our notebook paper

    and toy with the idea of moving to Australia. 

    We look up the latest news in between classes, knowing that

    the teachers will think we're addicted to our phones.

  • Trapped

    I hear about all the things he does,

    But what can I do?

    Signs,

    Bumper stickers,

    Voices,

    Celebrate the end.

    For democracy, 

    Our country, 

    Ukraine, 

    the LGBTQIA2+ community,