2000.
I'm a howling bundle of baby girl in a blanket.
2001.
So is the next one, except he's a boy.
2002.
I said my first words long ago. Baby brother hasn't.
2003.
Brother two comes along. He cries loudly. I am worried.
2004.
I am in preschool. I stand out. Brother two's autistic.
2005.
Brother three. The last one. I like playing by myself.
2006.
In kindergarten, I am the smartest and strangest girl there.
2007.
A tall, freckled boy says he's gonna kill me dead.
2008.'
I move to Illinois with my family. It is scary.
2009.
My two friends fight sometimes. I'm always in the middle.
2010.
Torment and torture taste like mercury, driving me even crazier.
2011.
Voices fill my skull. One of my only friends moved.
2012.
The world was supposed to end. It kind of did.
2013.
Junior high begins with smiling demons and a misplaced clarinet.
2014.
I have broken into pieces, each one a tiny mirror.
2015.
Life is a roller coaster, but I am going numb.
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Jars of Stars
De TodoThis is a collection of the poems I've typed up on my iPad. I've noticed I enjoy incorporating nature and space into my poetry, so if you dig nature and space read my poems! Some of them are dark, some are brighter, some rhyme and some are just word...
