Posts
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I Run
One foot in front of the other
Pursuing the search for my goal
Feet pounding against the solid ground
Heart pounding against my chest
The rain pummeling the dirt
The wind whisking the hair out of my face
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Bigger Windows
Collect the raindrops left scattered on the ground, cut the dying trees before they die. Live with your hands until you die in your mind.
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If Only
If only they thought of everyone
Not just themselves
Think about it
Millions of people
Saved
What about the people who can’t help themselves
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The Changing
I love the sound of the wind rustling the leaves in the trees
The same leaves that in due time turn red and orange and yellow
The same leaves that protect us with food and warmth and air to breathe
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Peace
Peace is the answer
Peace is the one thing we should all be able to agree on
But we can’t
Life is hard
Conflict is hard
Come together for peace
A common goal
A world of peace is all it takes
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What Is Art?
What is art? What a question. There are so many answers and so many opinions. But I think art is technique. Art is passion. Art is love. Art is writing. Art is human. You are art. I am art. Art is amazing.
Loves
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Pluto
She wished that space would talk to her,
And whispered to the moon,
About the days that haunted her,
And those that would come soon.
She wanted to apologize,
For wishing on the stars,
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A Palmful of Metaphors
I’d like a palmful of metaphors,
Ones to use every time
I put a pen to a page,
To plant in my heart
And become submerged in my hope,
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Men We Reaped
Inspired by Jesmyn Ward
I wish I could tell you how I mourn your innocence,
how I pray for a shield,
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Emojis
I scroll through the options
Endless rows
And rows
And rows
Of smileys
And animals
And faces
And people
And things.
I scroll through the multicolored hearts
The laughing faces
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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
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Why do we fight?
I feel scared whenever I think about the election.
Because of what is at stake.
Because really it’s everything that’s at stake right now.
Freedom.
Justice.