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Olivia Ventura Dec 2017
I used to drawing these big yellow circles.
They would always make me happy.
Every time I did, I expected miracles
And I know that that seems sappy.
But there was just something about it
That forced my mouth to smile
I wouldn’t even have to think about it
At least that lasted for a little while.
Things have changed now that I’m older
I don’t have time to look at colors
Now, instead of thinking they look bolder
They’ve faded like light through closed shutters
Is it just that time has worn me down
Or is it just the truth in life
That an innocent smile turns to a frown
And a happy yellow circle into strife
Olivia Ventura Dec 2017
If they do something to hurt you
And they look you in the eye
With tears in the place of a smile
And all they can think to speak
Is “This is the best I can do, right now.”
Then you forgive them.
Because that’s the best thing you can do
For them
Olivia Ventura Dec 2017
she leans against the tree
Wondering what life would be like
If her two became a three
Yet she rode up the hill with one bike

She wants someone to look at her
So she gouges out her eyes
She wants someone to listen to her
So she tears off an ear with her ties
She wants someone to dance with
So she splits her foot in two
She wants someone to laugh with
So she breaks off a rib to make do

She wants someone to sing to her
So she grips the voice in her throat
she wants someone to kiss her
And she tears the lips with the throat

She creates her own someone
And she loves him to pieces
But the one thing she forgot to give him
Was a piece of her heart
Olivia Ventura Dec 2017
Whenever an indevor
I’d think of the meaning of clarity
Its simple beauty
Its blissful foundation
The feeling of everything
And yet the feeling of one thing
Clarity is a beautiful word
Yet now I find no peace of mind
It isn’t so simple
It isn’t so romantic
It’s all so messy
So clarity is not a beautiful word
It’s just an idea
Olivia Ventura Dec 2017
Nine hundred people
Don’t know what to say or do
So they’ll look to you
Olivia Ventura Dec 2017
“I’m not hungry,” becomes an anthem
For a nation of starving citizens.
They’re not at war, they’re not lacking in supplies,
They only seek to attain the slim silhouette of a pen

Here’s to the days we spent craving that cake
Here’s to the months we were counting our bites
Raise a glass to that tiny mistake
Of eating one peanut on that one flight.

A mistake like that twists your stomach into knots
You feel your body wake itself up
Your tastebuds start tingling as if they forgot
Any other flavor than your water cup
Olivia Ventura Dec 2017
I’m all out of poems
I’m all out of rhymes
I’m boring, I’m tired,
I’m lacking in time.

Sincerely,

My lack of motivation
Happy Finals Week students!
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