WE ARE ALIVE AND ALIKE AND SEETHING © 2017 by lee

❝and yet i pretend not to know why your image is painted in my eyes.❞ poetry #216 [© afterwords 2015]

"second star on the right, and straight on 'til morning." or: learning how to be.

Dear whoever you might be, I hope someday you'll find this and know that this is everything I didn't say. Copyright © 2015 by CielloMaxin Highest ranking: #11 in Poetry #7 in poetry - 10/9/16 #5 in poetry - 10/11/16 #4 in poetry - 10/29/16 DISCLAIMER: I do not own the photos I use for the covers of my books. All credits belong to their respective owners.

"You are my poetry," He said. "You are the words that make me," She said. Copyright © 2015 by CielloMaxin Highest ranking: #48 in Poetry 2/4/2017 DISCLAIMER: I do not own the photos I use for the covers of my books. All credits belong to their respective owners.

Sometimes I just get tired looking for my stolen matches, and so these places remain unlit. Copyright 2015 by CielloMaxin Highest ranking: #25 in Poetry 12/06/2016 DISCLAIMER: I do not own the photos I use for the covers of my books. All credits belong to their respective owners.

"Why jump?" "Do you know what another word for 'autumn' is?" she asked. He stayed silent. "Fall."

According to the dictionary, a nocturne is a work of art that is inspired by the night. So sing with me, dearest moon, tonight shall be a nocturne. Copyright © by CielloMaxin Highest ranking: #52 in Poetry - 11/3/2016 DISCLAIMER: I do not own the photos I use for the covers of my books. All credits belong to their respective owners.

scraps and poems influenced by a girl who holds a grudge against this world. poetry #82 [copyright afterwords 2015]

In which there is a debate between an optimist and a pessimist. If you don't know what either means, don't be embarrassed. An optimist always thinks that the world is full of hope. The pessimist will just shake his head and say, "Nope". So do you think it's right to believe everything is great every day? Or see that everything is more worse than the next in every single way? A poem submitted for the Everything is Awesome Scholarship Slam 2015.