Growing Up: A Poem

growing up

isn't always easy

growing up 

isn't always hard

growing up

brings new surprises

growing up 

all along

when we are little

there isn't a care

we think we are old

but we're not

when we are little 

we snuggle with innocence

not realizing 

what is to come

we grow a little

and find out a lot

we grow a little 

and love

we grow a little

and then regret it

we grow, and then

we can't stop. 

but when we are old

we realize the good things

when we are old 

we are grateful

when we are old

we see what it was all for

when we are old

we wish to go back

so snuggle with innocence

and stay with innocence

think of the good

stray from the bad

just be grateful

instead of hateful

i promise, things will turn out. 

Life In Mill Halley: Poems!

I know I'm not publishing anymore Life in Mill Halley until the book is done, but I can still post Skyler's poems! They aren't in the book, so what better time than when I have no idea what to write?


So, here we go:




The One Who Calls Me Sweet


We're together
We're meant to be
I can't get you off my mind
When I try
You catch me in your gaze
You hold me in your arms
I know that I will never leave
And hope you think the same.
           -Skyler Foster




What I Don't Know


Some nights I climb into bed
With a soul feeling as broken as shattered glass
Because I can't find the hurt in me
And I know it's in you too
But if you know there's hurt in me
Then you must be keeping it a secret
Because what I don't know isn't harmless
What I don't know is what keeps me awake.
           -Skyler Foster


Some Feelings


Some feelings you can't put to words
Some feelings can't be drawn
Some feelings can only be felt
Some feelings are only expressed through tears
           -Skyler Foster

Risen

This poem can be interpreted many ways. Write your interpretation in the comments! 

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Risen

A figure rises

Out of the Ashes

Out of the Dust

Out of the flame

Where he stands, facing the crowd

His head is a round egg

Bare as a naked man

And a cloth is draped over his body

The crowd has fallen silent

Children are hushed

A booming voice erupts

Heads turn

Searching for the source

Searching for the cause

Searching for the meaning

While the voice continues rumbling

The voice is smooth

But rough thunder blankets the town

Screams are heard

All working together to end the silence

Feet pound the ground

Working to grab what they can

Stay together

Run. 

I run to the hills

There it must be the safest. 

Ten Word Tuesday 3/29

1. Tessellate
VERB
To form of small squares or blocks, as in a mosaic
This is such a cool picture. Just get lost in it.

2. Cognomen
NOUN
A name, especially a nickname or surname

"He went by the exclamatory cognomen of "Oh-Oh;" a name bestowed upon him, by reason of the delighted interjections, with which he welcome all accessions to his museum."

                                                   -Herman Mellville

3. Paschal 
ADJECTIVE
Right after the holiday, we will show you a word meaning of or related to Easter or Passover

4. Sophrosyne
NOUN
Moderation, Discretion
To remember this word, I sing it and the definition to a Hamilton song- Dear Theodosia
It works!
5. Vernissage
NOUN
A reception at a gallery where an artist is showcasing work
This sounds really cool, and makes me think of Roslyn and those pastels...

6. Kenspeckle
ADJECTIVE
Easily seen and recognized
Ginger's red hair made her very kenspeckle.

7. Empyreal
ADJECTIVE
Pertraining to the sky
I like this word. I dare you all to use it in a poem. I'll try, after posting a Washington Irving quote from Tales of a Traveller.

"We should have quite a different strain from one of those fortunate authors whom we see sporting about the empyreal heights of fashion, like swallows in the blue sky of a summer's 

day."

HAIKU TIME!!!

Empyreal Blue Shades

Covering us like a blanket

The shade that I love

8. Slugabed
NOUN
A lazy person who stays in bed long after the typical arising time.
I've really been a slugabed recently with being on break last week and now being used to that schedule.


9. Panglossian
ADJECTIVE
Characterized by extreme optimism
You may think that people like me are weird, but I'm really just a panglossian writer.

10. Inconnu
NOUN
A person who is unknown, stranger