I knew a girl
With tangled blonde hair
That she grew long
And set free in the ocean air.
She wore overalls and climbed
The toughest trees.
She talked to squirrels and always had bruises
On her knees.
I knew a girl
Who had it all figured out.
What she liked, where she was going,
What to...
I bet you didn't know
That I am a superhero and you are too.
When I changed my mind, I made
You invisible to me, and me to you.
You're still everywhere that I am
A malicious trick of fate
But I put us in a vacuum
Without friendship, without hate.
I can morph two people who talked
For h...
I wore my hard toed work boots and a pair of ripped jeans. My new tool belt hung awkwardly around my waist, the leather still stiff and the pockets stretched to accommodate a shiny hammer, tape measure and utility knife. It was my first day on the worksite on my church’s mission trip to Preston Co...
I think I’m in love.
Think I’m in love with it all.
With the moon floating dreamily up in the sky
With the hightops I’ve had since the dawn of time
With people who sing on the corners of streets
With a whole day free to do nothing but read
I’m stumbling, tripping, and falling
Laughing...
Hey hey take me back to the good old days
When the only question on my mind was what game to play.
Hey take me back to the simpler times
Where there’s nothing to decide and the sun always shines
Take me back to when science was planting sunflower seeds
In the little school greenhouse surrou...
Waking up on a Saturday to the sound of “Matt and Kim.”
It’s six AM, but I’m awake because it’s mainstream to sleep in.
Slip on my Converse, my v-neck shirt, my skinny jeans, my scarf,
grab my glasses with the tape on the bridge although they’ve never been broken.
I leave my loft a...
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