A small collection of miscellaneous poems.
Unbound
I've spent much of my life bound by a history I couldn't share.
I felt strung down by my past, unable to speak about the abuse.
I tried my best to appear as I should but we wear our secrets.
I did the best I could to build a wall between me and what happened all those years ago.
The wall grew tired and old until it came crashing down,
Soon I couldn't stop remembering.
I remembered how I felt as that scared child, how stuck I was in the cycle of bright days and terrifyingly dark nights.
I remembered what happened in my own bed, more than I ever had before.
I wasn't wearing my secret anymore. I was living in it.
Soon but not soon enough it came spilling out of me, like messy paint on a white floor.
It got all over my shoes and followed me everywhere I went.
I am still haunted by what happened to me,
I have trouble seeing a day when I will not be.
But things aren't as hard as they once were.
Yellow
Today is the last day of school,
Tomorrow is the first day of summer.
In the most genuine way possible I could not be more happy.
I am looking forward to a summer filled with lake trips and days spent in the sun.
I can't wait to spend endless hours with friends and enjoying poetry in the moments in between.
Cheers to the yellow summer ahead.
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Letters from sixteen
PoetryA poetry book I wrote during periods of my life with many different facets. I wrote about happy moments, addiction, and trauma, the book becomes more depressing as it goes on. I choose the title "letters from sixteen" to capture how I wanted to capt...
