Poetry

My friends and I eat goldfish and raisins

in the same bowl

and the textures clash, but somehow the salty sweet

really works

my friends and I eat the outsides of carrots

leaving the core

People are so cruel

How could you live like that 

They scream and curse 

How could you live like that. 

They think the only person 

That matters are themselves

1. Word Twister/
2. Painter/
3. Photographer/
4. Tongue Twisters/
5. A brush with so many colors/
6. Mind Bogglers/ 
7. Collage of Ideas/
8.  Rainbows/
9. Stained Glass/
10. Ripples in the wa

The girl I once knew

sang merrily while lying on the damp grass,

read stories out loud to her dolls;

played with a bright pink tea set.

But now

she only sings while no one is hearing,

I would look,

5,7,8

Your long blonde hair,

Identical to mine.

Your music,

Bubbly & Rainbow,

Always made me smile.

My name is LerDer Star.

My father chose my name for me 

even though me and my father 

We're never close

I always needed a better relationship. 

I'm a dreamer, but I have yet to see my own dreams maintained

My eyes are swollen with exhaustion

and my body is sputtering on its way down 

asking myself when it will go away.

In the quiet of the night, 

My Father's absence fills the room,

A void that lingers,  like shadows in the gloom.

His laughter echoes in memories untold,

An egg waiting to hatch

For consumption, for a snack

All we wanted and yet more

Popcorn, popcorn, popcorn galore

For a Sunday movie night

Be it funny or to give you a fright

Popcorn now and popcorn then

in (prefix):

not

(not what?

not right, not here,

not true, not what?

come on,

dictionary,

be specific.)

subordinate (adjective):

placed in, 

or occupying

I was a little girl back then, so cheerful, didn't have a care in the world, but now I'm 16,different name, hands scarred, some things don't work as well anymore, "you've changed" I said while looking in the mirror, "there was no need to, so why?

Avoiding conversation like the plague 

So you will acknowledge my heavy hurting 

I am tired of pretending