It sits in the corner

Waiting for the clocks to go back

For the clouds to infiltrate my room

My heart

My mind

They say to keep you enemies closer

But never mentioned maintaining boundaries

I’ve got a wall dedicated to the season that brings me the most pain

The first thing I see no matter time of year

Anchoring me to the darkness

They say we gain an hour

But I can swear to you I’ve gained at ...

I knew it was getting bad again

when the war between waking up and getting up was an uphill battle

When your words would repeat

And I’d catch a different tone

Finding some hidden meaning

I knew it got worse when

I stopped caring if my clothes looked friendly

If I was being blunt

Or if the work just didn’t get done

Because I’ve got hundreds of unfinished projects

Half ideas

And poems left un...

The first time I felt like I truly belonged

A time I wasn’t thinking of the ways it could go wrong

December of last year

Where there was a quiet inside all of the fear

Rain speckled windows and parks after dark

I let go of not reaching my schools benchmarks

Because I found happiness in people who really care

And that my worth isn’t defined by the straightness of my hair

But in the warmth of my h...