Poetry

Poetry by Himani Johal

US

Time will go on like always.

I will change.

You will change.

We’ll both move on

and grow apart.

But, I’ll always have days in which you're remembered.

Even though you won’t be with me.

Those days will feel like us.

Time To Let Go

We have shattered.

It is only certain moments that decisive me.

Moments in which the old you seeps through

and finds his way into our conversations.

He mocks me.

Letting me know,

you’ll never be the same.

You’ll never be mine again.

Silence

The unspoken words between us speak louder

than anything we could have ever said to each other.

They scream,

“ We are over.”

A New Year

The Christmas tree is stored away,

and a leaf on mother’s peach tree has bloomed.

Everyone gathers around

looking back at what they have done

and what has happened.

Ready to move forward,

resolutions are in order.

Some of the first signs of a new year.

It is a breath of fresh air.

A chance to start anew.

Banessa Zarate Poem

The life of a child is simple,

because they see everything with joy,

and are afraid of the monsters under the bed,

they fear the ghost in the hallways at night,

until

we fear what we can’t see,

I fear leaving with regrets,

we aren’t scared of the dark,

we are scared of what's behind it,

we aren’t scared of the monsters in our closet,

we are scared of the monsters inside,

fear can control us!

A Poem by Ricky Horvath

I’m a wounded bird who cannot yet fly

I have hopes and dreams to soar the sky

These hopes and dreams seem out of reach

Yet I keep trying, because I am easy to teach

Teach me to love and to not hate

Teach me to forgive and stand for what is right

So that I might finally be the bird that someday takes flight