You’re beautiful, do you know?
Your face turns toward the sun
It seems to greet you
You smile
And the earth smiles back
Is it out of love or fear?
I don’t think you will ever know
Adoration twists just as easily as anything
Heat bites at you with its sharp, sharp fangs
The sun’s smile becomes a snarl
Does your own smile falter?
Does the fear of the world stifle your beauty?
I think it is the so...
“It’s been a while.”
_“…”_
“Where have you been? I missed you.”
_“Not everything is for you to know.”_
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“Maybe. Maybe this should have been.”
_“…”_
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“Do you ever feel guilty?”
_“About what?”_
“…Nevermind.”
_“If you’re just here to berate me, then leave. Give a dying person peace.”_
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“Are you?”
_“Am I what?”_
“Dying.”
_“It feels like I am.”_
“Oh.”
_“…”_
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“What does i...
You’re silent, nowadays
But I see the question in your eyes:
Can we ever come back from this,
Will it ever feel alike?
They don’t know how it feels
To be half of a soul
To grow up with someone
Then be left with this gaping hole
I used to think I knew you
More than anyone
I cared for you when no one else would
I made you my sun
But your question still burns
And I’m the target of your ire
I woul...
We’re walking
I haven’t been alone with you for months
I miss you
I almost say it, but I feel it again—
The cold hand in my gut that reminds me we aren’t talking
So we don’t talk
I know I am dreaming
You don’t look me in the eyes like this when I’m awake
You don’t give me a chance when we’re awake
You don’t admit you did anything to hurt me when you’re awake
But you did
And what you did will hau...
You were the best thing that I never had
The hope for my future that lingers and lingers
I kept a white-knuckle grip on my ideal of you
As I wished the strength would slip out of my fingers
But your presence was truly intoxicating
The way your smile and laugh lit up every room
I still can’t tell if I was imagining it all
Caught up in a haze of my infatuation with you
Is it wrong to look back and...
I didn’t know how
To say what I wanted to
Without messing up
That was my excuse
To break off the eye contact
And say something else
I’d change the subject
The thing I wanted to say
Was far too scary
But I would still dream
Of a world where I was brave
And I had said it
You had smiled, not frowned
You said “me too,” not “why me?”
And I was happy
But when I woke up
I saw how you really felt
And...
I don’t remember waking up for the first time
With wide eyes eager to explore the new world
When I didn’t know why the sun rose every morning
But I played in it until I couldn’t anymore
And I was tucked into bed
The glow of the nightlight was all I needed to scare away the monsters
Until sleep took over
I remember waking up again
And realizing the world was a cruel place
And I wasn’t as kind or ...
The color of gemstones and bluebirds and skies
the color of me and both my parents’ eyes
A color found in the depth of oceans so deep
and the color of sadness and calmness and sleep
Blueberries and sapphires, morpho butterflies
the color of bluejays that fly through the skies
The color of that shirt I wore some time ago
the hue of the nightlight that once showed its glow
And the color of an al...
I’ve always hated this cold, white room with its cold people and cold floors. My paws ache, even though I am not walking but being carried. It seems everything has been aching recently.
I let out a soft whimper as my person sets me down gently on the cold, white table. She mumbles a quiet sound of reassurance, and it’s just enough to make my tail thump against the cold, white surface. I think she...
The sound of an explosion was faintly heard outside of Ms. Jones’s room, and promptly several students screamed.
“NO ONE PANIC.” Ms. Jones ordered, while everyone began to panic. Mrs. Forbes frowned slightly and took a couple steps closer to the ominously closed door, listening in on the drama.
Of course it was the new teacher. Mrs. Forbes had been at this school for many years, and every time a...