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raven
I remember Raven With hair to match the inky color of the feathers of the bird which she was named for. I remember Raven With one eye blue as the racing river and the other eye green as the moss that drifted through it. I remember Raven With freckles that dotted her fair skin and gently sprinkled her nose and her cheeks and her shoulders. I saw Raven Dance in the snow last Christmas, with the delicate snowflakes painting her full lips blue and her plump cheeks red. I saw Raven Tend to that child that we didn't know that had fallen off his bike; She had tenderly kissed his skinned knee and carried him back into town. I saw Raven Stand on the enormous pile of dirt in the field, silhouetted by the stars as she screamed into the night her favorite line from her favorite book; "I feel infinite." I imagine Raven Was lonely before I found her in the bathroom stall pressing blades into the sensitive skin of her wrist and I grabbed the razor and flushed it down the toilet. I imagine Raven Finally felt beautiful when her scars had cleared three years later and she had finally recovered from her crippling depression. I imagine Raven Screamed when that eighteen-wheeler skidded out of the lane and crashed right into her feeble pick-up truck, instantly taking her away from this world. And away from me.
influence
I'll never wear a miniskirt For if I do My little sister may believe That scanty is flattering. I'll never do drugs For if I do My younger brother may believe That getting high is the only outlet. I'll never smoke For if I do My second sister may believe That cigarettes look cool. I'll never drop out of school For if I do My baby sister may believe That giving up is the right way. I'll never kill myself For if I do My siblings may believe That I didn't love them That they're meant to be alone That it's their faults. I'll never leave them For if I ever did I would never forgive myself.
wrapped
My heart is wrapped in rose petals There are paint spots on my skin There's no magic on my outside But I know there's some within. My lungs are full of breezes There's glitter in my blood I have fireworks on my insides While my outside is covered in mud. My teeth are crooked My skin is pallid My hair is poorly dyed But I have all kinds of beauty Way deep down inside. My stomach is full of butterflies My bones are made of trees On the outside I'm plain and quite dull, But I'm quite beautiful where no one can see.
delight
Her squeals of delight pierce my ears As she runs through the bluebonnets. Her white dress flutters around her ankles in the wind, And her azure eyes shame the sky, making it appear to be a dull bowl above our heads. She runs forward, Her wandering fingers with their plump wrists trailing through the flowers. I chase my baby sister Into the velvet waves Of comforting petals As the wind and clouds and sun Guides us home.