poetry

  • Try Friendship Again

    Last night I had a dream That somehow for some reasonWe planned to meet To once again drink and eatIn each other’s companyAnd you were lateBut it was okayWe met anywaysAnd as we drank and ateWe caught up on what we’ve missedI wondered if you found happinessOr were content with where your life isBecause with…

  • Foreign

    They tell me to adaptFit in with where I’m atAnd when I do, how comeThey tell me to go back to where I’m fromI found the corners in whichI seem to blend wellThe shades that complementMy obvious differencesAnd I accept and adoptThese new and different waysAnd when I do they sayDon’t forget the place from…

  • Among Giants

    I live among giantsOf history and loreI dream of kingdomsBuilt of stone and iron Fire blazes in my bloodLike they once didThrough jaws of dragonsAnd trials most unjust And I slip into slumberWith fairy dust sprinkledOver my eyes tonightInto the realms I sink

  • A Proud American

    I dream of heroesAnd wish I could be oneTo save the worldAnd be adored I lived in storiesAnd movies ofThe chosen one the onlyGirl who can save us from ourselves Because the world in frontOf me never saved meA seat at the tableNever wanted me to beFreedom was a fableSaved for only the worthyAnd I…

  • Just Be

    If you were a songYou’d be a classicA ballad of someoneProfound and tragic If you were a wishYou’d fade into the airAs fast as the breathThat had made it If you were a soulYou’d have no bodyFelt by everybodyKnown by nobody I see youSitting on a swingIn an empty playgroundEyes on the skyWishing on firefliesFor…

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