“It’s been floating around the science community for years,” he said, pushing up his glasses feverishly. “There’s more to this idea than we think. We need to stop dismissing it as mere fiction. There is some reasoning behind it,” he said, nodding his head animatedly. Whenever he spoke about science, the unknown, his eyes lit up with a certain passion that his young daughter had always admired. His curious nature, the way he pushed his glasses frantically when he was excited, his determination: she loved all of it.
At the young age of eleven, she knew it impolite to eavesdrop, especially on her fathe
Some words feel pretty
dripping off the tongue
like love perches herself
on the wings of the butterflies
dancing around in your tummy;
like sunflowers grow on
the trellis that is your body
because your name is
just as pretty
rolling out of my mouth,
cascading off my tongue
as love and sunflowers
combined.
Some words are incredibly acidic
exiting the throat
and they sound rough in the ears.
Words like this include
anger and hatred.
They swell in heavy,
afraid hearts.
Though anger is sometimes inevitable
it can be easily remedied,
hatred is biting and bitter
and, baby, it is oh so difficult
to make hatred beautiful.
I’m not asking for p
I can’t tell if this is love or inspiration
or the songbird’s melody fresh in my ears,
woven into my heart.
My heart is like a woven basket:
each treasure stowed carefully;
but no basket is fool-proof.
That’s why this feeling can’t be identified-
my basket is bursting at the seams,
and it’s getting a little too heavy to carry.
I need someone to share these treasures with,
Yet I fear this is
fleeting
flying
fugitive.
So help me.
Let me know if this is love or inspiration
or the songbird at my window.
Let me know this is love
and ground me
because I am a helium balloon
with a big fat smile ac
I am multifaceted.
A night owl perched on a lone branch
whose potential is as broad as the Universe.
The Universe is my deepest fear.
The Universe is more humbling
than being kicked out on the street
because the street has sidewalks
and pathways
and always leads home.
The Universe is unnerving.
She hanged in velvet ropes and draped her name in infamy
In hopes she would be finally celebrated, to put it quite frankly.
She was a pigeon holed framework with a creaking core
Who craved only recognition and not a thing more.
She wanted to know at least one person cared;
That her bruised body was worth even one prayer.
But the knot she tied felt velvet and gave her a thrill;
The snap of her neck would have given even the Devil the chills.
Her name did not capture the headlines or news
She was another lost soul who suffered abuse;
Just another small town suicide, that’s all
It was a shame no one saw her dismaying downfall.