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Step Into Our Seasons

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The Brighter Side

The whistle of blowing leaves

The blue jay catching them as they spiral down

The sugar in cherries, the smell of salt

Her hair in the brisk wind

The sour aftertaste between my teeth

Driving at night is always more fun

The bright fall leaves are shaded like death

She walks to the moon and back when she is bored

She is going to need a safe landing

The precious monster hiding under the bed

Without further ado

The mad elephant of freedom

A blue feather falls onto a lilypad

The door sighs with relief when it opens

We will seize the minds of ghosts

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Not Just From Sunlight

Grass tickling between my size 3 feet

The clumsy but humorous change in balance as grains of sand kick behind me

Dust and sparkles dancing in the casting sunlight

My mothers laugh before she spins to lay on her back in the ocean

My hair behind me

The wind hitting my knuckles

I take my feet off the pedals and swing my legs in the air

A feeling in your chest so warm and whole

You can’t decipher if it’s what’s going on around you

or if it’s the sun on your skin

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Doomed

A black cat in the doorway lay awake

on cushions underneath the old lamp post  

A cast of light unearthed the path to take

despite the wailing moans just like a ghost

Then silence til a slow creak is let out

A sliver of the darkness by my feet

I turn around but there’s no way about

No option but the dark that i will meet

A black hallway with bugs upon the wall

So tight I feel them brush against my arm

Foreign voices high and low sound and now call

I wish i could believe this is no harm

Oblivious to a far hidden end

To whom is it i am scared to offend

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Youth

Giddy laughter and feeling the carpet caress my back

Ignorance to any lie

My brothers soft hands holding mine

Fingernails freshly cut but carelessly dirty

No knowledge of change, only what we’ve always known

The happiest days and the brightest

My mother hanging bathing suits on the deck

Polka dots illuminated by sunlight

Picking apples from the tree in Grammy’s backyard

Eating my Papa’s pickles

Index fingers out for dragonflies

Watching my birdhouse swing in the gusts under the tree

The anticipation and thrill filling a water balloon

Riding in the car to the arcade by the beach

The lemon cookies with rainbow sprinkles

Pool floats sliding beneath me  

Hanging upside down on monkey bars

Jumping off swings and giggling at my babysitter yelling

Knee high yellow rainboots

Running through puddles

Wanting to be a mess.

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Alive The summer heat beats down on me all day It’s counteracted by the cooling breeze The trickling stream flows past me in the shade That’s cast upon me by the whistling trees. The grass between my toes is soft and green Serenity is all that I can feel As life goes on around me at low speed And time ticks on and on, like a slow wheel. A wheel that spins and moves at it’s own pace The only sounds around are made by us Myself and my close friends, all in this place This place which is surrounded by our trust. And as we sit around all on the ground Until another day, the sun goes down.

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Summer Camp Grassy hillside sprinkled with cabins I can count eight buildings Eight little houses with Crocodile roofs and walls made of signatures made of stories and memories, made of community and trust And each of the eight homes sit contently on the grassy hillside. They sit on the same seat that they've each sat on their whole lives All eight are surrounded by miles and miles of wilderness And they themselves surround people. People who are happy, people who are unhappy Young and old, old and new All sharing one thing in common, That they’re all here together, in each cabin. Eight little crocodile roofed cabins sitting on a grassy hill Cabins with walls made of lives lived and lost Each wall like a forest of fallen silence Silence that makes the loudest noise to those who listen And those who listen to the walls find that they hear something amazing Something that cannot be put into words And I hope that everyone gets a chance to hear it someday.

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Explosion

The heat rushing to my face looking as red as a fresh tomato

Choking down my hurtful words trying to not let them escape my clenched mouth

Feeling as powerful and powerless at the same moment

Not sure where to go from here

Sharp knives jabbing each inner section of my swollen throat as i try to swallow

What have i done to deserve this

Ready to attack anything or anybody at any given moment

I am a ticking time bomb about to explode

Droplets from my fired up eyes trickle down my lost face as

I don’t have control over myself.

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Jail

Dear hall monitors

If I go to the bathroom I don’t need to be chased back to class

If I am in the bathroom I don’t need to be questioned as if I am committing a crime

I’m 17 years old I shouldn’t be checked up on while peeing

I feel like a criminal being watched by my every move

If I come in at 7:45 instead of 7:44 I don't need to be given a yellow pass

We are suppose to be high schoolers finding our way

Not written up by our every move

I am tempted to actually do something bad if I'm going to get written up for breathing anyway

There is no trust

No freedom

I’m ready to break out of jail

I am sick and tired of being pushed around

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Explosion

The heat rushing to my face looking as red as a fresh tomato

Choking down my hurtful words trying to not let them escape my clenched mouth

Feeling as powerful and powerless at the same moment

Not sure where to go from here

Sharp knives jabbing each inner section of my swollen throat as i try to swallow

What have i done to deserve this

Ready to attack anything or anybody at any given moment

I am a ticking time bomb about to explode

Droplets from my fired up eyes trickle down my lost face as

I don’t have control over myself.

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This Town 

I confess I'm always kinda late

Stealing worn sweaters before winter’s chill approaches

looking around to make  myself feel better

I will never abandon this town.

Stealing worn sweaters that grab at my waist

Mother asks “What did you do today?”

I will never abandon this town

Falling asleep because I drank too much coffee.

“Darling, What did you do today?” mother asks

I couldn't close my eyes because I forgot the intrigue of snow

I fell asleep because I drank too much coffee

Trying to understand this person who can't understand themself.

I couldn't close my eyes because of snow’s intrigue

I look around to make  myself feel better

Trying to understand this  person who can't understand themself

I confess I'm always kinda late.

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Searching For Shore

I couldn't close my eyes because I forgot how to swim

My hair tasted salt

What did you do today?

Then I could allow myself to forgive

It’s 4am the sky is out of reach

Sitting watching the droplets of water leak down my window

Loose shoulders  

I fell asleep because I drank too much coffee

The blurred window of sorrow left him behind

Someday you will understand why I didn't let it go

I will never abandon this town

It hasn't rained here in two years

The leaves ran away from the tree

How do you swim?

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Hallucination What i’m about to tell you might be a lie. His eyes are sealed almost as if glue stuck them together Finally he will see where he is from Not all people learn the same His eyes are sealed and placed-- Where the ground isn’t stomped on Not all people learn from mistakes In the mind of someone who won’t make eye contact when talked to Where the ground isn’t stomped on Years pass without destruction-- In the mind of someone who will make eye contact Transfixed in colors Years pass without destruction Mother was not home Transfixed in colors on his walk back from school This is what it’s all about Mother never came home Finally he will see where he is from This is what it’s all about What I told you was a lie.

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Dear Mother Nature Dear whoever it may concern, It has been a while since i have seen you I lay on my back as white dances around the sky Falling swiftly towards my mountain range face All my hair has fallen, left only with frozen branches Dear mother, it has only been a month and i am cold Waiting everyday for an hour of sun to warm my body Only to create puddles of slush White shirt, White pants, White shoes Valleys drowning in your frost Dear Mother, nature is shaking and hiding Hungry and alone Left only to see the fluffy blanket of crystal Every inch of me is covered in a thick layer of ice I cannot cry, my tears are chilled Oh dear, Mother nature There are areas of my body that are protected My back is dry and warm The sun glowing, radiating heat As my stomach and face suffer the undesirable winds My branches poke my eyes, red and puffy Dear Mother Nature, I am Earth and i am asking for warmth My friends wish as well To be safe and sound in my hair The hair that wants so badly to grow in Stopped by the heavy load of white fluff Dear Mother Nature, I am Earth and i am asking for warmth

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Short Days and Long Nights

I feel as though I have been trying to sleep for hours

Stuck, frozen; afraid to gaze over the edge

The cold, intimidating winter has left me isolated

I am entirely alone

Stuck and frozen; afraid of looking over the edge

Not wanting to go near it

I am entirely alone

Dreading what is coming’

I don’t want to go near anything

I couldn't tell you why

I am dreading what is coming

Though I’ve been looking forward to it for months

I love where I am, but I’d rather be somewhere else

What scares me is the cold, intimidating winter

And that this spiral staircase never ends

I just want to go to sleep

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Getting By

The weight of the world on my shoulders

But yet it's really nothing more than everyone else

So I guess it’s really just the weight of my world on my shoulders

Pushing me down as I drag myself around the halls

Restless; eager for school to end and summer to start

Just to end up slumped on the stairs after a long day

Too tired to even make it to a bed

Waking up to sheets on the floor

And sweat on my face

From another sleepless night

Because the humid spring makes it impossible to sleep

Hoping that tomorrow

Is finally a good day

Or at least a little lighter