WRITING
Selected written poetry works.
Shooting Stars · Jan 19, 2024 – Shot at Byram Hills High School, Processed with Adobe Photoshop
Jan, 2024
Shooting Stars
I miss old days of sitting by a window
breath melting ice on the other side
My hopes and dreams bled through the glass
Putting weight on the tails of fallen stars
But those dreams were stolen
So were the stars
On that far from normal school day.
The dull stillness was ripped wide open by screams
a bellowing bang.
One body fell. Then another.
But I did not wish on them the same
I can no longer aim for the stars
For they were all shot down that day.
Jan 31, 2024
Bird’s Eye View
Trees below stagger like the chiseled stone of the moon;
Those ghostly figures are the last remaining
Of a world gone too soon.
They are now scars of the earth,
Perhaps too deep to see;
Because Man keeps playing checkers
On a grave that was once green.
A blood red piece placed against another.
A disk of black ash laid in crossfire.
Plots and plains are carved into soil for this foolish game
Until no more board remains to play on.
Apr 15, 2021
*First, read from the top line to the bottom line. Then, reread it from the bottom line to the top line.
You Guide Me
The world will end.
As I close my eyes
I refuse to believe that
There are better days ahead.
When I watch the news
I see
The virus continues to spread.
Even when
I feel happy,
I won’t be for long.
When I am imprisoned by despair,
You help guide me along.