Gali

Gali

VT

13 years old

Posts

  • The Way Of Life

    One foot

    Infront of the other

    Head held high

    Flat expression

    On my face

    The only sign

    Of any emotion

    Are my fists

    Clenched by my sides

    Or my thumb

    Tapping each finger

  • I'm Sorry

    I'm sorry 

    I'm sorry for what 

    My country is doing 

    For what we seem to think 

    Is OK   

    I'm sorry for how 

    My president is acting 

  • Heart of Glass

    If I hand you my heart

    My heart made of glass

    Don't shatter it

    Don't have the shards

    Splay across the ground

    Don't hand it to someone else

    To crush it

    Beneath their fingers

    But if it does

  • Mascara

    The brush

    Covered in the black ink

    Swiped at my eyelashes

    Made its mark

    On my face

    At least

    That's what it used to do

    Now it sits quietly

    In its spot

    Far away from reach

  • If we were

    If every girl

    Looked liked a boy

    Acted like a boy

    Was a boy

    Would we get farther

    In life

    Would we be respected

    If every woman

    Was a man

    Would we be valued

    Would we be able

Loves

  • A Girl Can Dream

    When I saw you

    No, not when I 

    saw you

    But when I 

    saw you.

    That was when I knew that there was something among me that needed you

    always

    to be 

    near me 

  • Little Musicians

    The beginners of the beat,

    Just learning the ropes,

    Figuring out their instruments -

    They come in, 

    Wide-eyed,

    And regard the older kids

    With awe.

     

    I love to be looked at this way

  • Dew-drop

    In a dew-drop, a little world exists 

    A place turned blue and silver by the light 

    That lingers well beyond the morning mist. 

    In a dew-drop, a little world exists 

  • The Third Grader

    Raincoat like the petals of a sunflower hangs to her knees

    Glittery rainbow headband

    That only keeps half her hair back

    Shiny pink nails

    Strawberry boots

    Shy smile that makes you feel lucky you got to see it

  • Risky

    Life is like the marshmallow in the s’more

    First you have to take one out of the bag

    Then stab it on a stick

    If you do it wrong

    The marshmallow drops into eager flames

    You can start over