your vision, your voice
I know that one day,
The names of friends,
And stories of us,
Will become tales of youth.
I know that one day,
I’ll grow up,
And stop crying to songs
About people I’ll never know.
I know that one day,
None of this will matter to me,
And I will laugh at myself
For being the teenage girl I am.
I know that one day,
I will be old,
And I will have wrinkles
That will tell the world how much
I have lived.
The world still spins, and the days go by.
I take a seat, asking him “Oh but why.”
Longing for one last conversation, yet silence only adheres.
I often wonder how you’re doing, all the way up there.
Your home no longer feels like home,
because you’re the missing piece.
Don’t be afraid to take care now,
we know you’re at ease.
No matter the circumstances, you always stayed strong.
but now it’s time to take a rest, let go, and drop it all.
I’ll play your favorite song for you, one last time only,
in hopes that you won’t feel so lonely.
Don’t be sad now, we know you had to leave,
but promise me one thing, oh please, don’t forget about me.
Bittersweet goodbyes to the girl I once was
Dreading the woman I am becoming
The very essence of my being fading to a distant memory
No longer living life to from the backseat
But anxiously gripping the steering wheel
Time is fleeting
Running barefoot through fields
My mother stroking my hair as I lay in her lap
I beg for a chance to be small once more
To be free, to be cared for
The little girl claws her way through my heart
Time is fleeting
Life moves on, people grow old
The fear of the dark becomes the fear of the unknown
Nostalgia tears me apart like termites
She cries and pleads
But she must move on
Time is fleeting
Someone calls for help, a hero stands tall,
Jorge Pastore, he answered the call.
A firefighter paramedic, brave and true,
To the sound of sirens, he rushed on through.
From Parkland to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High,
He faced the darkness, he heard the cry.
A guardian of the injured, heeding his call.
In the line of duty, he gave his all,
Then a new path he’s seen, an officer he became,
To serve and protect, to honor their names.
With courage and valor, he wore the badge no matter the day,
In the face of danger, he stood his ground,
A hero for some, forever a “dad” he will be renowned
His legacy shall live on, through the lives he touched
He shall be remembered as a hero, who has been admired so very much
With a sacrifice never forgotten, and a spirit always strong
In the hearts of many, you will forever belong
With an outpouring of tears, we must say farewell to a pioneer
“Rest easy, Officer Pastore, we’ll take it from here”
I Am a Dog
I am a dog
Yes, it is quite true
A dog that runs through fields of golden grass
And plays with the other animals
I guard my sheep friends while they sleep at night
And I make humans grin and gleam
I bark at unknown figures that lurk in the tree shadows
And I protect with all my might
My human will give me fresh meat and treats
And I give him kisses in return
I bask in the sun
And I listen to the chickens while they speak
My mud puddle is my favorite toy
And the cool rain will wash away the crust when I’m done
I am a dog
Yes, you know it is true
This life that I live is nice
And I am happy
Leo and kitty
I find them both real pretty
Both grey tabby cats
Both prey on rats
Kitty rules the house
Moving sly like a mouse
Intimidating anyone who goes near
Filling them with fear
Leo is a bit plump
He can barely even jump
His extra toe
Makes him glow
The last thing I have to say
Is how I love to play
With kitty and leo
We make a great trio
When the sun fell on the horizon long ago,
A tale of emotion emerged beneath the glowing sky
With Cupid’s arrow bouncing through the land
It struck down
Through the hearts of the two below
In the passion-filled sky.
In the green meadows,
Lovely whispers are spoken
And desire gleamed like never before
The maid’s heart, the knight’s plea,
Written with a quill
No heartbreaks, nor one-sided affection,
Only sealed messages in the mouth of a dove
Where the shadows dance,
Hearts dance in the ballet of love.
With lovely melodies and minstrel’s joy,
Dancing beneath the full moon
From youth to silver hair, hope continued
Love’s tale stayed without compare
Thus, let the bells ring louder and louder.
It went from coloring books and plastic barbies
To football games and massive parties
The girl who used to play air guitar
Is soon to get her very first car
Since when was time a flying blur?
Will things go back to what they once were?
When nothing hurt, but a scrape on the knee
How we cried and wept when we feel from a tree
The girl sits in silence, earbuds plugged in
Is she really the person she wants to be within?
Her heart is as vast and as wide as the barents
But, it’s been hours since she talked to her parents
So the girl gets up and goes off to school
With her new shoes on so she looks extra cool
She doesn’t even like them, it’s just what’s in style
she heads her head high and fakes a huge smile
Her day was the same, as it always will be
She slumps on her bed, and has her first meal… At 3.
Her phone lights her face up, as she stalks the new “news”
And realizes nobody even layed eyes on her shoes
It’s been 30 years, the girl is now grown
She’s moved, she’s now off and alone
she wears what she wants, no matter how tacky
This change has made her so very happy
Until she gets a girl of her own
She has endless friends yet feels so alone
The mother sighs, it’s been 40 years
When she realizes, this feeling will never disappear
I dropped pennies down an endless well
They began singing a tuneless song
As they hit the bottom clink clink clink
So lovely yet so wrong
The well doesn’t have an ending
No place for a penny to play
It’s soulful sullen instrument
So what’s the melody I hear ringing today?
Maybe it’s just kind courtesy
All in well because I paid
With my tinny tiny copper coins
For me the well, it sang
And what a morose song it played
With words of loss and fear
It told a tragic tale
A tragic tale I swear was told though no words built homes my ears
The tune made my feet sink into the mud
At the bottom of the bottomless well
The hairs on my head brushed the roof of the sky
‘Til the song turned into a yell
Then rather than fall, I floated up
From the pit that leaves this earth
This was years ago but still I remember how it felt
To have a penny, a song, a peaceful mind all at the same worth
Madness
This is what this feels like
Feels like
Flying
Falling
Dying
Laughing
I die laughing
So much my ribs shatter
But they never did much for me anyway
Just breathed
I try to just breathe
But my ribs are broken
And all that’s left is madness