Poems:
The first day I saw you, your hair catching the golden light of the sun I knew I was mesmerized
Like a golden flower
Hair flowing like the soft breeze of autumn coming
I watched as the light caught your eye, a small shimmer in the dull classroom
A moment as soft as the wind that carried it away
A moment that neither of us would ever name
But it still lingers
In the way your eyes crinkle as you laugh
A soft glow in my memory
Reminding me that every fleeting second like a flower can wither
So I keep the memory tucked away, pressed between the corners of my mind
Maybe you never noticed how my eyes stay locked onto yours
Perhaps I was the only one to notice the glimmer in the way you smile
But I carry it, even through the autumn breeze and cold winter nights
They walk through a world they did not design, carrying burdens unwillingly
Small hands reach out where safety should be,
Some hear the sky crack open with fire,
Bombs where laughter and schools once stood higher
And we all came into the world as children
And we grew up as children
And we say we protect our children
Yet we use our children
Yet we abuse our children
Yet we kill our children
Places meant safe now tighten with dread,
Schools, once for learning, filled instead with fear spread
Churches built for peace, for shelter, for prayer,
Still echo with sorrow that should never be there
Even the womb, a place to cradle and grow,
Can become a tomb where a life doesn’t get to know—
Our children deserve more than survival alone
Our children are seeds of futures unknown.
Our children are priceless, not prices or toys,
Our children are girls, and our children are boys.
We should be a voice for the voiceless
Not pretend we care for our children, when in reality, we couldn’t care less
I wanted to hold on to the feeling of being near you
Like the summer sun, the warmth of being with you
Long after the sun has set
But wanting doesn't stop the season from passing
So I no longer yearn for you
I have let the memory pass
Let it be what it was
A warmth that passed through me
Not something that was supposed to be and remain
I no longer search for your face in passing strangers
Catching your smile when the sun passes
I let the feeling pass
Without naming it
Falling in love deeply doesn’t just stop out of no where
It simply just phases out
Slowly and over time
It softens out
Like snow melting on the ground
And that is it
To have known what it was like to love you was enough
To have carried it briefly
And to let it go
The New Comet