Changing of the Seasons

Listening to the swaying of the treesWatching as the pigment of the leaves changeFrom green to red to orange to brownTheir colors change with the shortening daysMy favorite time of yearThe times I wish where you were nearHappily strolling amongst the leaves Smiling and staring back at meWind hitting us like sweet kisses from aboveThe […]

Sunrise

Golden sun given human form,Molded from the flesh of the earth,Animated with raw sparks of lightning,Eyes full of vibrant life,A heart still beating with blood,Flowing furiously like a mighty river,Warm and soft skin like dough,Shifting to the smooth touch. Clouds cover the sky with billowing capes,Bare fragments of light pierce the veil,But they are drowned […]

My Time in the Universe

I didn’t know how sick I was until my mother told me. Even with all the doctors visits and the constant probing, she never said the words out loud until she had to. It was the day after my ninth birthday when I started to get headaches. My parents figured I was just going through […]