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Dear Future Self
remember the first time you stood on a stage
a vivid spotlight flickering down on you,
as you opened your mouth and started to sing?
remember the first time you stepped into dance class
lacing on your pink ballet shoes,
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hope
wisterias blossom in the cliff dwelling
exposing a patch of brilliant luminescence.
a sunburst in a field of poppies and wild huckleberries
emitting light into a world of shadow.
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Music
Melodies are like a cloudless sky,
sometimes gliding into your head
and other times disappearing into a thin wisp of air like an
Umbrella of fear,
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a flurry of snow
she trudges along the icy uphill of the mountain,
her lips a frosty shade of blue,
her cheeks drained and colorless,
her eyes barely open,
her clothes covered in a thick blanket of snow.
a mist picks up and
Loves
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"What dwells in the between?"
I have walked over the bridge
And seen the river that flows,
I have walked through the blue flags
And seen only shadows of frost.
The towering no longer stoop
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We've Built the Beautiful
We've built the beautiful places
through disaster and heartbreak
and luck and romance.
From the roots up, we've rocked the rocks,
and moved the Earth.
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Girlhood (In honor of International Women's Day)
I love being a girl
but I hate what it took
for me to be able to go to school
for me to know I will be able to vote
for me to know that I will be allowed to get a job when I grow older
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An Ode to Double G
The string of memories burns my hand,
My 12-year-old self can barely understand.
The balloon is purple, her favorite color,
She is my great-grandmother.
The air in the balloon is filled with every memory I remember,
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To My Teenage Self
i know you've noticed.
the change in your eyes,
like they used to be bluer.
i know you've noticed
that something's missing from the sky,
like it's gone grayer.
i know you long for me,
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She Saves Sea Shells
It is afternoon, and she is slick
with sea residue and summer heat,
draped in a sheer pearly sun gown.
Minding the sand upon the shore,
crystal waters bring her a shell,