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My love lies in the chilly air
I’ve always loved the autumn
Costumes and candy on halloween
Turkey and family on thanksgiving
Bright colors and cute clothes
The season gave me joy,
But as i grew up it gave peace
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To the little girl with big dreams
I wish the sun always shone
But never burned your skin
And that when it is snowing
The cold never nips
I wish all your tears were happy
And you never knew grief
But I know none of this is true
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Moderation
To live is to die
To laugh is to know what it feels like to cry
To try is to fail
To have friends is to have enemies as well
The good does not stand alone
But neither does bad
There is no ying without yang
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What’s in a name?
Beatrice
“The bringer of joy”That doesn’t quite feel right
I’ve been told my smile lights up the room
But who am I to believe that my existence would be the pinnacle of bright?
And maybe that is the catch
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To Be The Sun
I dreamed
I was the sun
over the shimmering sea
illuminating everything
perfectly
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Our Ending is Bittersweet (a graduation sonnet with my friend Celia)
Our ending is bittersweet
Our past set in stone but our futures untold
A doctor, architect or athlete
We have yet to know what our older life will hold
Loves
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Chicago Audition
I used to walk into a theater and it was salvation.
Stage lights and people who filled up a room,
I was happy to watch them for hours.
I wanted to become some part of that
some part of the instant admiration
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somewhere between midnight and june
Lying awake at midnight, watching as each blade of the fan spins around, one by one. My bed absorbs me as I think, "hey, maybe I should write something".
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Growing Up
She used to listen to the snow and think about how beautiful the world was, how magical.
How perfect, pristine, like a flower curled in a tiny fist.
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You
What if you were
just
a thought,
an idea,
a possibility,
a thing floating
with nowhere to
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I'll try.
I have never been a poet,
But for you I will try.
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To Dance
To dance is to soar
To feel what it's like for the birds
To be free in the air
If only for seconds,
Because in your mind, it will last a lifetime
To dance is to be electric