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I don't know what it is
I have never wanted
Something more than I do now
The problem is
I don't know what
I don't know what
I long for
What I reach for
It's like a dream
Blurry and unrecognizable
I want this thing
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Reporters
In the car
After dark
With the headlights shining
On the wet pavement
Like stars on the ground
I curl up in my seat
And the news is on
Voices fill the car
Not my own
Not my dads
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Fictional Love
I want that feeling
The thing in books
In movies
The fictional love
The one I dream about
The one that I see online
The one I read about
I want not just the butterflies
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1920 days
192o days
Until the next election
Each day a struggle
1920 days of living
In this place
How many laws and bills can be made
In this place
How many people can get hurt
How many people will cry
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34
34
An even number
A prime number
2
17 times
I can't count it on one hand
Not on two
Not even with my toes
And with a list of 34 felonies
We still elect
Him
A convicted felon
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My Little Sister
My little sister
Only 7 years old
Innocent
And yet strong willed
She will grow up
In this country
With this president
This person who calls himself
Loves
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November 6th
November 6th, 2024
Today my grief is loud
She is shaky and terrified
I hold her gently in my arms
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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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the key to me
my heart is locked,
and i'm keeping it for you.
the chain wrapped around it
still remains from the last time
it shattered.
i build up my mountains,
and my defenses in my mind.
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Australia
At school we draw in the margins of our notebook paper
and toy with the idea of moving to Australia.
We look up the latest news in between classes, knowing that
the teachers will think we're addicted to our phones.
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after the fifth day of november
note: partially inspired by Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
and for my mom
i want you to sit and stare at the glistening horizon.
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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