THE TEMPEST

Wind lashing, waterSplashing. Unforgiving tides,Taking over now. Lightning splits the skyScaring monsters back to theirPlace beneath the waves. This story takes placeBehind a pair of brown eyes.Hidden quietly. ImaginationRuns rampant in the mind ofA girl…

If I could talk to myself:

If I could talk to my 5 year old self, I’d tell her to pay attention to how her friends talk to her.  If I could talk to myself at 6 years old, I’d tell…

Just Don’t

Just don’t Don’t say that I hurt youWhen you were doing the hurtingDon’t say left I left youWhen you were the one leavingDon’t say I’ve been spreading all of this onlineEveryone knows I like staying…

Run

Run, pat… pat…run The sound of my feet against the floor  Father is gone; he went to war. Run, pat…pat…pat…run The sound of my feet against the floor.  Mother is gone; can they take any…

Mother Tongue

I don’t understand you, though you speak my mother tongue.  You hear what I hear, know what I know.  Your words are foreign, though their meanings are familiar. For your words have two meanings.  You…