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Bryn Kennell Jul 2020
Breath visible
Ice sculpture ephemeral
Fear Inevitable
Beauty Immeasurable
Bryn Kennell Jul 2020
Oh ugly butterfly
They think less of you

When you were a caterpillar
There was hope
The children caught you
Placed you in a jar
Picked you leaves
And watched you grow

Hatched
From a cocoon
Sprouted wings
But "oh no"
They were not colorful

The children released you
Just let you go
"Fly away ugly butterfly"
They scream and shout
"We do not love you
for you are not beautiful"
The children did not love him, for he was not beautiful.
Bryn Kennell Jul 2020
When I put out the light
They all take flight
Even my shadow leaves at night
This is my plight
Bryn Kennell Jul 2020
Black dress
Tears of red
Heart a rose
An open wound
Bleeding petals
Dedicated to my grandfather, all others we have lost, and all who grieve.
Bryn Kennell Jul 2020
Leaping and twirling
An act of deception
Water Beneath
An Altered Reflection

Easy to fall
Slip into lies
Her smile did not quite reach her eyes

The ground beneath
Could easily break

Hid her true self
Risked her own life
To dance on thin ice
Her dancing and smile hide her struggles from the world. To keep up the act, she risks losing her life. For a layer of ice is all that stops her from falling.
Bryn Kennell Jul 2020
Poem whispered in the dark
Color vibrant in my heart
Broken Pieces do not need glued
For there is strength in your veins
Beauty in flame
And meaning in Pain
Being broken does not make you weak. Undergoing hardships gives you empathy that allows you to help others in a unique way.
Bryn Kennell Jul 2020
Flower once loved
Uprooted
Beauty no more
Limp body
Beauty she was
Left there to die
All because she had wilted
As her outer beauty leaves her, this flower is thrown away, simply because she has wilted.

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