Left right down up

Upside down or right side up

Is a tree falling or flying

Is it possible for birds to be falling

Gravity is taking its toll

I am flying but my friends are screaming

Right down up left

Left or right which is which

Am I right for being left

Or am I left for being right

My friends are screaming

Gravity has taken over

Do I remember how to scream

Down up left right

Dow...

Charlotte set the glasses of water on the table as her family sat down. After a minute, her father spoke. “Niños, I have bad news.”

Charlotte and her older brother, Edward, looked at their father. He continued, “Grandma is sick. She went to the doctor, and they found a brain tumor.”

Charlotte was confused but pretended to understand. After finishing her dinner, she told her mom she was going to ...

I’m truly upside down.

perspectives reversed.

no wrong answer,

Between you and I

you didn’t love like me.

Though the same lines were said,

You weren’t ready.

Oh, how I pity you.

what you wear.

Misplaced trust

You weren’t ready.

Oh, betrayal!

Signs and signals in every line.

Are these words to you or for me?

It’s hard to tell with these pages.

Is this the right way?...

These shoes always hurt my feet.

The seam of the sock rubs my pinky toe raw

but I need these shoes to be my personality.

Silver, green, pink, green again.

Probably some other colors I forgot, too.

I made a mixed CD of songs that remind me of you.

I wrote your initials on it.

You’ll never hear it, it’s just for me.

I lay on my bed

legs up the wall

resting my aching toes.

It’s not quite summer s...

I feel the gravel embedding into the skin of my palms

Blood pulsing through my eyeballs

Core initiated

Glutes tight

Breathe

Toes pointing to the sky

Fingers gripping the sharp edged rocks

1, 2, 3

‘Flash’

I step down, no longer upside

To witness the beauty & awe

of what is before me...

i felt my fingertips start to shimmer with sweat

a single tear fell from my green irises that made my skin grow cold

i’ve never dreamt of a word so resentful

but she loved to peek in here and there, in between a beat and a siren

high alert

skin deep

racing feet

one, two, three

what is going on with me?

panic in between my rib cage with a little taste of courage peaking through

all toget...

Pockets turned inside out,

Shoes on the wrong foot—

The things I thought I knew

Feel foreign now.

I once believed I could hold the world in my hands,

Only to watch it slip through my fingers.

Now I am a puddle on the pavement,

Looking up—

Shapeless, trodden,

Vast, confined

By the edges of my sidewalk mold....

I woke—

but to (?)

A world that

bends,

a mind

unhinged,

my friend (?)

my enemy,

lay desolate before me.

Is this truly him?

Or another twisted shadow

in the haze of my madness?

I have both won and lost—

what did I even seek to lose?

I do not know,

but here,

in the metallic stink,

I finally grasped understanding.

His skin,

always sweet as honey,

glows as bright as stars

I crave to consume.

His...

I have always been right side up. I have always known where I am, where I’ve been and where I’m going because I’ve always had you.

But now, I am upside down. I have no idea where I amor where I could possibly be going next. You were always my guide, my help, my map. Now there is no path forward. I am lost. You are gone.

The world keeps spinning though. Time keeps marching forward. Hours and da...

Staring in your eyes is my favorite dimension My favorite part of being alive

No matter the season

If I could, I would

Would be your favorite dimension

Our hearts should

Should be open season

Season of our hearts to hunt down each other

If you’re up right

Then I’m upside down

Upside down of course

In your mirror dimension

Were all I see is you

Were that lie is true

No matter the season...