Locket

The sunsets are woven into the sand –  wait for me where the coast is wet with dusk. Sunlight retreating gleefully across the surface will tell you that I am…

#HAGS

The gray area of  a teen’s life Is often scary  yet intriguing  We yearn for the next chapter The next page  But for rising seniors This is THE summer  Where…

False Promises

Forest Gump is right You Never Know What your’e gonna get When it comes to a box of chocolates But sometimes you ignore the surprise labels  plastered right on the…

May I Have Your Attention?

You call yourself aware, and yet, you see none other than yourself – Highlighted in yellow ink and circled with a marker: Important! If could be any truth laced into…

fallen leaves

you long for the big smiles but are faced with cold shoulders  you long for the butterflies to swirl your stomach things don’t work as planned  and, you are settled…

legacy

if i cannot be a story told, see in me a waste of years for what is there in life if nothing of you remains when it has ended? there…

Then and Now

I wake up in the middle of the night Walking down the hall I catch a fright  A deer in headlights, I fall For my childhood fear  Is waiting for…

Man in the Attic

By Avery Shubert I’m scared. It’s probably senseless But I still can’t shake the feeling. It’s an unspoken fear If I speak it will discredit it Or make it all…

Observer

He didn’t have the heart for devotion, but she was a sight to behold. She exuded a fine, white light that startled one’s eyes and pierced through any lingering shadow,…

Metamorphosis

Rainy days, filled with grey tears Colorless is the world around me With no happiness to see I walk through grey puddles  Waiting for the sun    The sun didn’t…