Category: 07th

Beauthy is a Tyranny

Do you badger a butterfly
on the hues of it’s wings
Cat-call a peacock
for it’s sapphire feathers

Why am I bullied
on the curls of my hair
Whistled at
for my sparkling eyes

I am a firefly
in a jar of moths waiting
to extinguish my lights and
be set free of my lavish bonds

I beg for the day
when my hair will gray
my teeth yellow
when my old bones
will groan for rest

Pearl Whiskers

Ghost barrels through the water
shattering schools of brown and green
Until caught
on a taunting silver tooth
strayed too far

How do you harness
the power of the wind
With an iron girdle
that’s buffeted and blasted
Until and echoing squeak
twists apart the rusting branches
releasing the breeze

My ghost king slips back into the water
Once harnessed wind rushes back to his lungs
Gasping, grouping
waltzes away

The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders

7

Homicide

Sticky jack-o-lantern teeth
protrude from the bloody carcass
Born from a seed and a hope
It bloomed brilliantly, bloated and bulging
from the vine until
snapping crisply to be sliced acutely
A dissection
Discretely split and spread
Sweet ruby juice dripped from our chins
onto our shirts, red stains
A rookie murder

Sisters

This is my sister
she’s something else
can’t explain why she is
i can feel it

Have that bond
with a person you never thought
they will be your sister,
our bond is like a lock that can’t be unlocked

I can’t go to anyone else
she can’t
we never go to another person
ever…..

That’s my sister
always sisters
for life
forever my sister…..

Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders

7th

Facetiming

It’s always late at night
we talk for hours
doing homework
gossiping

Don’t know why we stopped
but in person it’s better
she’s one of the only people i love to talk to

she’s going to be one of my best friends forever
forever…..
We understand each other
We help each other

like sisters
but we will always be
sisters…..

Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders

7th

Talking

It felt like we were alone
spending hours talking
like we were the only people alive
like the whole world died

I never knew what to say
it’s always hard to talk
because i was so focused on her
her only…..

The only thing i’m always about
the only person i could talk to every second
every minute
every hour

I wish she could be the only person to talk to
i wouldn’t want to be anywhere else
only talking to her
her only…..

I don’t know why i had nothing to say
but i just smile and smile
i’m so focused on her
her only…..

She can be 1 in a million people in the world
and i will always want to talk to her
her only…..

Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders

7th