Pantoum Poem

from the window

i watch him from the window. 

i eat a silver strawberry.

i want to hold him closer. 

i want to push him further away.

i eat a silver strawberry.

the taste reminds me of old love.

i want to push him further away.

but tomorrow will come too soon.

the taste reminds me of old love.

i wish i could go back.

but tomorrow will come too soon.

so i sit alone in patience.

i wish i could go back.

back to when it was simple.

but as i sit alone in patience.

i realize i can never go back.

i miss when it was simple.

our love was sweet and real.

but i know i can never go back.

the past is in the past.

our love was sweet and real.

it was untouchable and gold.

but the past is in the past.

it is time to move along.

it was untouchable and gold.

like a sky full of diamonds.

but it is time to move along.

it is time to catch a grip.

it was once a sky full of diamonds.

but now a sea full of fear.

it is time to catch a grip.

it is time to wipe the tears.

it's now a sea full of fear.

i long to hold him closer.

i want to be the same.

but it's time to wipe the tears.

so i watch him from the window.

Free Verse Poem

i miss you.

I found my old teddy bear in the corner. 

a hole in his neck and dirty white fur.

he told me how he missed me. 

how he wants the child me back. 

how he missed my tight hugs.

i told him about my best friend.

about the cute boy from biology.

about the the endless piles of homework.

for the first time in years we held each other tight.

i smoothed is ruffled fur. 

a tear rolled down my cheek.

i missed him too.

Paradelle Poem

be okay.

i continued to stare at the blank page.

the blank face. 

the blank stage.

i wanted to say what i meant.

without saying a single word.

without taking a single breath.

i jumped back and forth. 

from the open window.

from the open door. 

i knew it'll be okay soon. 

maybe next week.

maybe by noon.

but then the worry left my head.

it went to my heart.

it went to my friends.

that's when we knew it won't be okay.

it'll be bad tomorrow.

it'll be bad today.

but maybe someday far down the road.

we'll have love in our arms.

we'll have a place for the throne.

and that's when we'll know it will by okay.