Serena

Serena Sep 2020

fragile

Children are carefully put-together structures built of popsicle sticks
taken from the mouths of people they admire
and one single broken word
can send it all crashing down

#mind #growing #structure #think #break

Serena Aug 2020

The colorful book of curiosity

pulls them in like little boys and girls
lost in the woods, in the safe embrace
Of a candy cottage

#curiosity #danger #fairytale #scary

Serena Jul 2020

fake interactions

there she went,
back into her mind
the noiseless depths of anticipation.
her reactions?
controlled.

#family #acting #lying #frustration #writingexercise

Serena Jun 2020

you and me and the rain

What if it rained indoors?
Whenever we heard distant thunder
or the weather report said rain
then we would pick up all our things,
go outside and sit and wait
for the drops to stop falling from the ceiling.

Would we sleep in houses, still?
If the roof was like a cloud
and woke us up at 3 am
instead of a pattering at the window,
a pattering on our face?

We could make buildings just for this,
and when it started pouring
we would form lines, hoping to get inside
to take a shower in the rain
singing songs and goofing off.

What if it rained indoors?
Whenever we felt a tiny drop
we would build a comfy pillow fort
with blankets, snacks and giggles
and cuddle till the morning.

#rain #comfy #happy #relaxed #warm #cuddle #clouds

Serena Jun 2020

how to tie a shoelace

first, take the two strings and twine them together.
next, pull them apart so that they’re connected at the bottom.
last, make the two strings do an intricate
dance, until one of them is inextricably trapped in a loop that can no longer be fixed by tugging at it and instead you have to find the end and pull hard so that you can leave the situation, even though at that point you still have to untangle yourself from the original twining which is often harder than the initial tug.

Now your shoelaces are tied.

shoelaces, the perfect metaphor for toxic relationships.

#toxic #relationship #shoelace #love #anxiety

Serena Jun 2020

friendly outing

We went on a date,
except you didn’t know it was a date,
so you missed me staring at the back of your head,
as you ran through the fountain.

We went on a date,
but you didn’t know,
so you missed the feeling of desperately wanting to kiss
you on the lips as we dried in the sun.

We went on a date,
you didn’t know,
so you missed out on all the funny feelings that I
wouldn’t give away for anything.

We went on a date,
and now I'm too attached,
so you'll never know it was a date
because I don't want to lose you.

I went on a 'date' recently... but I didn't tell her it was a date. So now we're friends.

#love #date #romance #friend #pining #******

Serena Jun 2020

railroading

The moment it all goes off the rails,
I remind myself:
the rails don’t exist.
And once I actually believe it,
the rails disappear.

#free #freedom #happy #dnd #dd #dm #joy