Category: 07th

summer
with wild nights that never ended
staying up all night on the phone with my friends
traveling to states and countries i’ve never been to
not worrying about tests and essay’s
peaceful

screaming the lyrics to songs
my friends and i barely know on the car ride to six flags
having sleepovers with the same people five days in a row
flirting with boys at the local pool with my best friends in the world
going to parties every other day

suddenly
it’s the first day of school
i’m exhausted from staying up all night every day
i get math homework on the first day
the very first day

everything is harder now
as hard as brain surgery
i don’t go to parties every other day now
or traveling
or sleeping over at my friends house for days in a row

i miss summer
i regret saying no to what could’ve been the best night of my life
and now, my summer looks boring
i just want to go back

Born in Scotland then forced to live in France alone and in fear,
Mary crowned at 6 days old, constantly protecting her throne,
Claim to Elizabeth’s throne in England.

Raised as illegitimate forced in a cell constantly in fear,
Crowned after Bloody Mary’s death scared of Mary claiming her throne,
Elizabeth the heart of England.

Both of them always constantly living in fear,
Blood against blood just for a throne,
Throne vs Throne, Cousin vs Cousin, Mary vs Elizabeth, Scotland vs England.

I Remember
I remember.
I remember when my parents looked at me for the first time.
I remember when I had my first bit of food.
I remember.
I remember when I took my first step, it felt strange feeling so high up.
I remember.
I remember when I rode my bike for the first time and the wind brushed against my face.
I remember I didn’t make it very far.
I remember.
I remember when I threw my first pitch all I heard was STRIKE!
I remember.
I remember saying goodbye to my friends.
I remember when I got on the plane to come to Texas.
I remember.
I remember getting off the plane going to baggage claim.
I remember.
I remember walking into my house for the first time.
I remember meeting my new neighbors, they were all very nice.
I remember.

Dyslexia is like a wall
Trying to keep me out
But on the other side of the wall
There is rhyming and flying
You smell the roses and food
From the other side of the wall I hear laughter
The other side has color and excitement
My side is just dirt and empty space
Thinking about a thousand things
The wall is a million feet high
In my mind

I start to cry, calm before the storm
Now you’ve done it my heart is torn.

Two clouds,
One cold with sadness
Another burning with hate
Form together to make
ME
A tornado fast as the flash
My screech of lightning shatters glass.
Ripping houses from the ground soaring in the air
Mom screaming at me
“Stop right there!”

A whirlwind of feelings clouds my mind,
Boy you’re in big trouble this time.

She stoops over me like the tallest tree,
At this young age my shoe size is only two point three.
Energy drained I begin to pout
Now i’ve done it, i’m banished to timeout.

“What are you doing?”
Her friend asked.
“I’m playing MINECRAFT!”
She was sitting there
Still as a board.
“Hey what’s your name?”
Someone said over the mic.
“Just call me Ms. R.”
She replied.
The blanket was screaming to get off of her.
“Fine, I’ll get off of MINECRAFT!”
She said.
Thank you Ms. Random!
Her friend said.

Speed limits…
They keep you in place
Just like parents.
Watching over you
Making sure your in place.

Surrounded with signs
Enclosed with warnings.
Around every corner
No way around it
Cant get away from it.

There to keep you safe
At all times night and day.

there I was with my best friend
my one and only
we would laugh and play
he’d follow me around like a magnet
just as it was meant to be

but…
as time passed we grew older
we were not as close
we made different friends–
our personal belongings that the other could not touch
just as it was meant to be

we tried to keep them for ourselves
but our friends took different paths
and once again, all that was left was us
just as it was meant to be

Brothers.

The rain
Fell as she walked
Through the empty parking lot
The sound of the rain soothing her
Soul

It’s clear blue color
Is mocking the road
As it punches it harder
Each time a drop hits it

And as she grew older
When everything got bad
She’d go back to that parking lot
Where it rained that day
And her
Soul was soothed once again
And she decided to change

When i was small,
i was afraid of the
Demon under my bed

Now I’m tall,
and I’m afraid of the Demon in my head

She kept me up all night
The Demon

My Demon

i hid under the blankets
But i can no longer hide
from the demon in my head
I cower like a toddler
She grabbed my feet
and pulled me under the bed
Or I guess maybe into my head
i grab the blankets
i search the darkness for a light to hold on to
i try to resist and hold on for a little bit longer
But its to late
I’m pulled under
The darkness suffocates me

I look at my demon.
She looks just like me