A gossamer mist like ghosts, moves across the still water
As the sun climbs to its perch
The mountains hold us close
A monarch, with summer memories, drifts by
While Autumn begins its brilliant descent
Our colors fade
Your hand, a sea anchor pausing movement
Facing us towards the storm’s oncoming waves.
Green
pine trees decorated with lights
Gingerbread
cookies in the oven
Christmas
songs and bells jingling
Turkey
with gravy and pumpkin pies
Warm
fireplaces and soft socks
Having
friends and family in the house
Happy
times with brothers and sisters
My heart is tired
Forgiveness must find another way
Breathed in through the lungs
Like medicinal mist
Absorbed through the skin
Like soothing sunlight
I yearn for it
A virtue I cannot attain
I am a prisoner
Only you can release
With words of regret
I would fly with the speed of a hummingbird
Toward the radiant light.
After this
After this I will hug a lot
After this I will spend more time with
my cousins
After this watching hockey on TV will
be a treat
After this I will have more fun at
parties
After this I will want to go back to
school
After this I will spend more time with
friends
After this I will go to the
movies
After this I will enjoy
sports again
After this I will never take these things for granted
Running in the gym above the football field, I looked out to the endless land and great big blue sky through the room length window. I had never existed in such a space before. Missing Mom, but my heart was beating hope. A world wide open, I ached for only one world to notice me- His world. I wanted him to show me every inch.
Social norms are the worst.
Peer pressure and the thought of “fitting in” can drive someone to insanity,
Putting someone down because of their appearance or their personality is like pushing them down in a pool of water until they’re fully submerged.
These monsters are making people think, “am I good enough,” when they wake up, rather than, “this day is going to be great,”
And every night they go home and instead of eating a normal dinner, they don’t even grab
a plate,
Just to keep their figure “skinny” and “normal,”
even if it makes them feel sick but they don’t care because it’s “necessary,” they say.
But why?
Who would sacrifice their health and well-being to be loved and popular?
It happens more than you think; those kids who you think are perfect are just trying to keep up an act, keep on their mask trying not to break down and cry.
They’re putting on makeup and sucking in their stomach; no you can’t get a normal job you have to stay at home because all you’re good for is looking pretty and cleaning,
They’re trying to be a jock rather than a “nerd” even though their true passion is math; but being smart is against the rules, you can only get a full ride to college as an athlete so man up,
Because if they say one thing that goes against who they’re pretending to be the truth about them will be published.
We need to break social norms, break the silence,
Appreciate people for who they are and who they want to be and not have to worry about people judging us and our decisions.
You don’t have to change to prove yourself to others, just to keep your societal position.
