bumblebea

We're coming up on the end of the year 
and a new horizon soars closer every day. 

I don't want to leave this place, 
yet every day I long to be gone. 

She’s lived here 

     most of her life 

She never thought 

     that would change. 

Last summer

I tried to avoid school

but also

tried to get myself ready

for the big class

for the hard homework

the stuff that never ended up

being a problem.

Last summer

We hit the pinata

With so much joy

And so much laughter

Like we’re little again.

We pile onto the hammock

Like we’ve always done

you?

the end,

the hope,

the forgotten?

yes, child, 

i know you.

you?

the lost,

the love,

the pain?

you, 

the light at the end of the tunnel?

yes, i know you.

Ode to my brother 

Oh brother 

You always seem to annoy me 

You make me want to jump into the sea

You should take me on a shopping spree