there’s a chubby little robin in the tree outside my windowhis gray feet are grasping to the maple’s brittle branchesbare and brittle and worn down from the coldthe branches sway from the weight of their visitor but the robin doesn’t fly away to find a stronger perchhis talons just hold tighter though the sky around …
fading, flickering, failingthe sunrays of Februaryare stubbornbut not yet strong enoughto withstand the cruel mouth of their foe called Winteras he swallows them up once againdown into the depths of his dark, dark throatbut they put up a fighteach day lasting longereach day growing strongerknowing soonthey won’t fadethey won’t flickerthey won’t failspring will comeand they’ll …
they said don’t let him buy the coffee when you go on your first datebut i didthey said when you celebrate valentines day don’t give him a cheesy mixtapebut i didthey said don’t write your name next to his just to hear how it will soundbut i didthey said don’t let your grandma meet him …
I remember the night I dreamed of heavenmy body felt as if I’d just arisen from the deepest of slumbers my limbs were weightless, my eyes alertI walked into a garden so beautiful I could weepthe light cascaded all around me like diamondsthis light didn’t burnthis light didn’t blindit welcomed me like a pair of …
trying to speed ahead your growthis like trying to run on a sheet of iceaWkWArdDANGEROUSf o o l i s hunwisemore often than notyou’ll land on your backthe wind knocked out of youlimbs shaking and unsuresometimes the ground beneath youjust isn’t ready to thawso don’t rundon’t jumpand don’t ever lose heartin the endspring will comein …