Stars, like dreams, are something quite different than they might seem They come out at night, pinholes in the sky They promise to lead us toward the truth Yet constantly distract us with little, white lies Because stars aren’t pinholes They are a million miles away Unreachable Unattainable Flaming balls of fire that we find …
Tag: winter
Living Motion
I don't think I was alive before you I might have just been living Because you give me life I may have been a zombie A walking corpse With no purpose to speak of Yet you still took me Opening my eyes Making my lungs breathe You set my feet in motion As I swim …
Blame it on the Weather
A lot of us like to get angry at the weather. The town I live in relies on heavy snow in the winter and beautiful weather in the summer because it's a mountain resort town. However, over the last four years, California has been in a drought that has kept the snow from falling. But …
Rules and Silence
A poem I wrote a month or so ago in school.
Best Day
I asked you to tell me about your best day "Tell me a story," I said And you say you have nothing That although your life exists of days, months, and years You have no stories for me You have no best day And as much as I want to make this molehill into a …
Elemental Remembrance
I hope you know I'm in the water That every sip you take leaves my taste in your mouth That my streams can't be erased Even with a drought You'll try to forget me But my thirst fills you with doubt I hope you know I am the fire And when the cold winter comes, …
