Remember how they told the VultureHe overextended himselfIn the opening scene of Spider-Man: Homecoming?Then he punched someone in the faceAnd became a successful villainFor eight […]
The shift of the season
The blessing of open windows and shutting the HVAC offA chair out on the balcony in early AprilThe sun is out late enough that I […]
The day after
I’m grateful, of course But the fever and the chills I could do without A small price to pay After a long year of fear […]
Lullaby
Some days there are no words but these:Once upon a timeI need to sleepSaid the girl who made sleepHer enemy Maybe it was the whiskeyOr […]
Ode to Legs
Morning foggy run I count the miles, ten of them Legs can do hard things With Love, Natalie
Thursdays
Thursdays were my favorite daysSince I was in middle school I claimed themThe start of the end of the weekBut also, I liked the shape […]
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My advertisementsPopulate with sweatshirtsPrinted with floralsAnd phrases like“Kindness without boundariesIs self-sabotage” The Instagram stories I tap throughTell me to stop what I’m not doingTell me […]
It always throws me off
Daylight savings timeCan I go back to sleep, please–More sun, at what cost? With Love, Natalie
Unfinished
Once I started a storyAbout a girl with stardust in her bloodI wrote the beginningShe was in math classStruck by invisible lightI wrote the endingShe […]
Pisces
We search for Pisces, the fishIn a March night skyAs clear as it’s ever been What’s thirty yearsWhat’s sixty yearsWhen so much of usIs still […]