Written January 2005- HS Senior Year🫶🏼

Silent darkness

Filled with glittering whiteness

Delicate crystals

Fall upon the warm surface

Of my face

They melt

And drip down

Beautiful unsalty

Borrowed teardrops

Sharp coldness

Invades my body

It cuts like a knife

And inhibits my breathing

Beautiful loneliness

Allows me to be

The only one to hear

The cool crunching

Of silky snow

Under my sneakers

And the tiny tires

Of the trash can

Last night I discovered my long suppressed rage

She burst forth from my chest like a Jaguar in a cage

She screamed, and she howled as she finally lept free

My body it shook, as her waves captured me

She faced me defiantly, claiming her right

I reached out and embraced her, and she cradled me in the night

We wept for the years her isolation had cost

And dreamed of days ahead that would not be lost

How tender, how sweet

As finally we meet

Goddess of volcano, of pumice, of ash

Walks beside me, hand in hand, unashamed and untamed

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