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 […]
2/22
I tell myself my own storyIn the mirrorWhiskey on my lipsIt’s how I make sense of itTurning poetry to songLetting the wordsDisappear into my reflectionUntil […]
Februarys
Someday I’ll rewrite my FebruarysPut a red pen to the memoriesAnd find days to love in it again It’s not as sharp nowBut it can […]
Face Icicles
I didn’t know my whole face could turn into an icicleUntil it’s 7 am and I have convinced myselfThat I am some sort of heroIf […]
Hibernation
Drying skin, fingernails I rip and chewThey’re better this week, slightlyAlthough the chipped polish lingersMy fingers give the truest answerTo “how are you?” I’ve rarely […]
Other Paths
The ice that piles near the shoresThe bay that freezes, thawsGets blanketed with snowWill freeze again I want to talk about treesAnd the way they […]
Cassiopeia
I can find Cassiopeia, the lazy WThen the southern crossMars and the north starI learn about the PleiadesOr the seven sistersA star cluster that looksLike […]