My best friend Spider is the most unique person I know
He has clear blue eyes and glasses
He is tall and always has been taller than me
He has always been braver than I am
He would cut his own hair once
He always seemed confident to me
We are polar opposites in style but I think that makes us more fun
He loves his cat and dogs so much and always send me pictures of them
He knows how much I love animals
He is always there for me
He is so talented and always have been
He can draw the most beautiful pictures
He is always there for me and others
We go to rival schools
We were in a coven together
We’d always talk about ****** in art class because we love ****** mysteries
And everyone talked about weird stuff in that art class
Because our teacher didn’t let us do much
One of the first things I noticed about him was his hair
He would dye it
I remember when he dyed it blue
He cut his hair too so now we both have short hair
He was always friendly to me so it’s no surprise he has a lot of friends
He may not think he’s  great sometimes
But I can’t think of anyone more perfect

Today, I watched Avatar The Last Airbender,
I always loved that show,
My sister and I would always watch it in the bedroom of my grandmother’s house,
I remembered watching the episode when I was younger, on the bed that took up most of the room, my sister right next to me
My attention span was so little that I could not focus on the show,
I was focusing on something my sister or cousins were saying,
Trying to watch the show as well,
Not understanding a single thing but still enjoying the show,
Sometimes you miss your childhood and the innocence that comes with it
But I do not,
You should always look to the future because the future always holds the promise of being better than the past

At my grandmother’s house,
Down the street,
Spring and summer are always my favorite times to be there
At the front of the house,
There are so many flowers,
Hydrangeas that her, my sister, and I would always cut from the shrub and put into vases
The hydrangeas were always in different colors,
Beautiful baby blue, lovely shades of light pink, and nice shades of light purple
There are pansies of various colors, but mostly deep purples
And bright orange and yellow marigolds
My grandmother says that marigolds are her favorite flower,
They have been ever since my sister and I gave them to her,
She planted them in her front yard and backyard
In her backyard,
There is a wide range of flowers,
With a variety of bright colors,
My favorite in her backyard are the marigolds
Because they bloom in between the cracks of cement,
And more and more bloom each year
In a sense you can say it is symbolic,
That no matter how hard things are you can always get better and will eventually thrive,
That nature will always persevere against the increasing industrial world,
But they are just my favorite in the backyard
Because I love how they bloom in the most unlikely places
In the front yard, the hydrangeas are my favorite
Because hydrangeas are important to my family,
They are in the front yard of my grandmother and the back yard of my other grandmother,
They are in the backyard of my great grandmother,
The backyard of the house that she stayed in once with my great great grandmother who everyone remembers fondly,
And they were important to my other great grandmother
It’s a family flower, with great memories of happiness
And it’s great to remember good when things feel bad

Everyday is stressful
It’s hard to talk, I’m anxious all the time, my grades aren’t good enough,
The list goes on and on
But at the end of the day, I can relax
Night is my favorite time because no one bothers me
No sisters always in my space,
No moms and grandmothers who keep asking for things from me over and over when I have work to do,
No constantly helping people through their problems,
No constantly trying to please everyone,
Just peace by myself as The Office plays on my TV deep into the early morning,
Just time for me,
I read my favorite books,
Watch my favorite shows,
And turn on my favorite music as I get lost into the rabbit hole of an amazing fantasy world

I’ve always tried to be good enough,
But it never worked out
I tried my best during school but it still wasn’t enough
I tried to hide every bad emotion I felt so others would be happy
I got good grades,
I let my family dictate the way I dressed,
I did everything everyone said,
I was quiet and polite,
I always try to be the best in everything I do now,
Even if it’s a small mistake, it’s like the world is crashing down
I’m older now,
I dress how I want and got my hair cut,
I still try to be the best,
Try to be good enough for everyone else,
But maybe,
I don’t have to be

My best friend has brown eyes,
But every time the sun hits them
They turn gold
My best friend has dark brown hair
When I first met her it was the longest hair I’ve ever seen, dyed blonde at the ends
Now it is short and just as nice
My best friend used to be shorter than me
Now I am the short one in the group
As everyone towers over me
My best friend has the greatest smile
Every time she laughs it’s like pure sunshine
Sunlight pouring out of her smile
My best friend speaks Croatian
So we text each other in Croatian,
We always say Bok instead of bye and volim te instead of I love you
My best friend is great at acting, I tell her to not forget me when she’s famous
My best friend is amazing
Volim te, Sunca

Make a wish every 11:11
Wish for whatever you like
Better grades,
More friends,
Happiness,
For things to be better than they are now,
I used to wish look out my grandmothers window
I looked past the row houses and the street into the sky
I would always look for a star to wish on
In the City’s starless sky
I’d stare at the moon
While my sister would stare at the street,
Searching for our mother’s car
Our small faces right next to each other, pressed up against the glass, searching for what we wanted
I’d always wish for long hair like Rapunzel
Now I do not look at the sky for wishes
I spend every 11:11 wishing
Because maybe one of my wishes will come true