growth
Writing
Amateur Magicians
By Amanda PendleySomehow, I pull the words out of my mouth like the colorful scarves inside the sleeve of an amateur magician
And we are both trying so hard
To save our best magic trick to use on ourselves
So that everyone can stop asking so much of us
The Trees and Us
By Rachel StanderOnce, before the people moved in,
before they took my brothers
and sisters
and cousins
and friends,
I saw the sun.
I grew up
and I grew strong,
trying to reach the sky.
I meant to make
Locked Out
By AnonymousI look at them around me
Those who with my choices disagree
My eyes drop
They’re staring
Quickly judging what they see.
A Haiku on Fitting In
By AnonymousBeing young is hard;
often feeling all alone.
Your hair is a mess
and your face is
breaking out.
Being young is hard.
You aren’t quite sure of your friends,
you’re stressed out;
Boy was on a Cloud
By Ayah Abdul RaufHallo there boy
You're just a child
Play on the fluffy cloud
In the air.
Think of nothing.
Until you fall
Fall a man
Live a man
Die a man
The Climbing Tree
By Ann E. McleanThe Ponderosa Pines hunched ponderously,
Their convoluted gestures frozen
With dry, rasping limbs in stages of vexation
And narrow forearms lifted high
In savored moments of exalted epiphany.
My brother and I climbed the questions
Perception
By AnonymousI found myself
staring out of my bedroom
window,
my eyes followed the footsteps
of the strangers walking below me.