Posts
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Her Hope
She’s little
Not even 8
But she has hope
Hope that shines
Through her blue eyes
Hope that dances
Across her face
Just like how she
Dances in the rain
Listening to Taylor Swift
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Why do I care
This is just kind of random bits of information in unedited paragraphs.
Why do I care?
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I Love Lemonade
You tiptoe around
Your feelings
Keep them in a bag
With a zipper
And zip them up
You say you're like lemonade
You can be sweet
But you can be sour
And people told you
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Vanilla Ice Cream
Everyone likes
Vanilla ice cream
But chocolate
Is better
So they take chocolate
And the vanilla ice cream
Just sits there
And melts
Until it's just a puddle
Everyone likes
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Welcome To My World
As a little kid
People used to tell me
How they would love
T0 get in my head
And see where my
Questions
Ideas
Thoughts
Answers
Come from
I bet they thought it would be
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Liberty and Justice
“Liberty and Justice for All”
Liberty and justice
For people who are men
For people who are white
For people who are heterosexual
For people who are rich
Loves
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Demons
If I'm being honest,
I'm not sure I'll survive,
These demons,
I battle,
Fighting for my life.
They find me at my weakest,
Where no light shines through,
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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
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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.
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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
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Quiet Expectations
They won’t teach me how to be a woman—
But they’ll notice when I’m not.
Say I should smile more, try harder,
Be brighter, quieter,
Less me, more what they forgot.
