atticus wilson

atticus wilson Dec 2019

For 9 years
It’s sat on my desk,
Through a move,
Through winters with windows open
For 9 years,
sitting, watching

Tonight I take it down
Remember the girl who made it
Way back in 3rd grade
I unfold it
For the first time
Scribbled in the wings
She had scrawled a note

I have a crush on you

Nine years,
This declaration has sat on my desk
Watching me
Letting me look back to better times
All the while
Telling me she liked me
On the wings of a sticky note crane

As crazy as this is, I never opened it before, out of fear I couldn’t refold it, so its message has sat there in wait

atticus wilson Dec 2019

Insomniac

Here I am
For the second time this week
Wishing I could get a good nights sleep

Dec 2019

imperfectstranger

Write to Release

Close your eyes
Count to ten
Take a breath
Find a pen
Write it out
Let it loose
Don't get lost
In these woods
For one day
You might get stuck
Way too far
In the muck

#stuck #lost #release #write #poet #poetry #pen #pencil #breathe

atticus wilson Dec 2019

Fatigued

That state
Wher
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                           Stop

atticus wilson Dec 2019

Let me say who I am

I’m me
A 17 year old, bisexual man
Just because I have long hair
Just because I paint my nails
That’s no excuse to tell me
“I think you’re going into the wrong bathroom”
Or ask me
“Are you shopping for your boyfriend?”
When I walk into a store
I’m me
And I don’t care what you believe
Just don’t yell at me about something as trivial as which bathroom I use
Because I’m a man
I’ve known that for 17 years
Just because I’m bi
I’m no less a man

Sorry for the rant, but over the last month alone, on 20 different occasions, I’ve been told I’m not going into the right bathroom, or have been called “ma’am” and I’m tired of it

atticus wilson Nov 2019

Let me just say

What the ****

atticus wilson Nov 2019

Voices

It’s time to speak
To use the thing
Society tries to take from you
“To stop speaking is to stop being heard”
To stop being heard would mean we lost
We can’t surrender
If we lose, they take it
Use your voice
Wield it as a weapon
In the arsenal of nonviolence
Declare your freedom
Yell it out
It’s time to speak
Stand
For
Your
Rights
To quote the Dr. King
“Our lives begin to end
The day we become silent
About the things that matter”
Once we quiet
They stop caring
They stop listening
They stop changing
We stop trying
It’s time to speak
Now is the time
Not tomorrow
Not next week
Not that day
So far in the future
We can’t even imagine
It’s not up to our children
To start our battle
It’s up to us
All it takes is three words
We
Deserve
More
The time is now
Speak

Written in Sophomore English as a rallying work