meandpaul

meandpaul

MN

14 years old

Posts

  • Springsteen

    I'm 14. 
    And I just saw Bruce Springsteen
    Live for the first time. 

    I've loved him and his music since I was 6. 
    I've listened to him religiously since I was 7. 

  • 018751

    018751 this was the lunch code I was given 
    My first day of third grade 
    My teacher wrote on my hand 
    With a green marker that smelled like berries 

    018751 this was the passcode for my first email 

  • Austin

    I'm chasing that feeling 
    I lost so long ago 
    The feeling when the sun would set 
    And a smile would appear on my face

  • Speak

    Today felt the same as yesterday  
    Nothing changed 
    But there was a silence 
    That echoed in the voices 
    I heard 

    Today felt as if nothing changed 
    I got up brushed my teeth 

Loves

  • Mundane

    a lesbian couple on my bus home from school

    a man in a punk battle jacket on the street

    my mother's female CEO group chat blowing up

    four of my teachers taking the following day off

  • winter coming

    winter's coming on fast- 
    better chop enough wood. 

    pluck the last fruits of the harvest- 
    then say goodnight to the garden, 
    resting under a blanket of leaves and love. 

  • 11/9/24

    When best friends of old

    become polite passersby

    still give them a smile and let your heart be full

    for theirs are broken too

    and need to be reminded to mend.

  • Great America

    Make America Great Again

    With a dictator and fascism 

    We choose hatred over empathy 

    Just to protect our weaponry

    So screw Trans right and wildlife

  • To Be a Son

    Blue and black blur as the football spirals through the air, 

    My hands outstretched, 

    The ball tumbling closer and closer. 

     

    I drop it.