Acer Sacharrum

Acer Sacharrum

VT

15 years old

Posts

  • A Sestina

    Somewhere in the summer sun, 

    Where dandelions dance and sing 

    Along with the bluebird’s lonesome cry, 

    Alone, you’ll find me, lying there 

    Between the grass seed and maple leaves, 

  • I Stand

    Slowly,

    I stand, 

    simmering in the seraphic summer sun, softly

    stammering silly sayings,

    smiling at the shining sky.


    Solemnly, 

    I sit,

    in the scenes of September, singing

  • Moving

    I’m moving. 

    I’ve found a little place in the Past, 

    It’s not much but I think it’s quite lovely, very dear, 

    And things aren’t working out Here, 

    So I’m settling for memories. 

  • It Begins

    It begins —

    This thing call Spring —

    With sunshine and birdsong

    Slowly infused into everything.

    It begins with

    Deep brown rivers gauged in viscous dirt roads,

    As the frozen ground thaws and overflows.

Loves

  • Two Birds and No Stone

    Don’t kill my birds.

    Tommy pays taxes.

    April runs a side hustle selling cursed bath bombs on Etsy.

    They have dreams.

    They have a 401k.

    They just bought a tiny house in a haunted forest

  • Dress

    I'm wearing the same dress I wore last year, on an evening that felt like moonlight even though the sky was still a milky purple-blue by the time we left, arms linked, laughter spilling over each other and turning the air fragrant, because back th

  • Joining Theater

    I heard rumors of a great ship,

    full of great people.

    Did they have room for me?

    I swam by the ship

    and to my surprise,

    I was welcomed aboard,

    beckoned,

    appreciated,

    cared for.

  • 4

    there are swans all around me 

    but they are blind 

    or i am invisible 

    and i don't know which