Hummingbird Earrings

They hang trapped in the moment 
dangling in gray 
never to fly again 

poised at the ready 
searching for longlost nectar 
reaching for the sky 

how quietly their wings buzz now 
dormant in their sudden doze 
crafted by a workmans hands 

now all life seeped out 
they sway, hushed 
hoping for another chance 

to take to air. 
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Zorro

VT

17 years old

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    thoughts

    Winter is coming.

    Silently with chapped lips and 

    breath in the cool air.

    But, I think I'll finish this 

    half-baked thought later 

    when winter has come and gone.

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    Ghost

    Once a sweet violet syrup of passion,
    now the bitter acid of indifference.

    Once a giddiness like rays of sun on your lips in the spring,
    now a cold careless ghost of the past.

    I indulged in the newness,

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  • Poetry

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    Floating

    My head is in the sky with those puffy white clouds of giddiness and
    A foggy understanding of what is to come is all that inhabits my brain.
    My skin is warmed by hot star energy and the smile pulling at the corners of my lips

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