Elizabeth Novak

Elizabeth Novak Feb 2014

Why They Love

It tells a lot about a person
who they love and why.

Elizabeth Novak Feb 2014

Snow

The snow
Poor men's diamonds

Elizabeth Novak Feb 2014

The Female Writer

For the female writer
a cup of tea is akin
to the male writer's pipe

Elizabeth Novak Jan 2014

Common Stardust

As we rubbed the stardust
from our eyes
we blinked in surprise
at the every day beauty around us.
The magnificence in the commons
sudden brightness blinded us.
All we could do is wipe the
tears from our eyes and
go on with our day,
scarcely comprehending what
we had seen.

Elizabeth Novak Jan 2014

Fine

"How are you?" they asked
"Fine." she said with a
thousand insecurities
screaming from her eyes.

Elizabeth Novak Jan 2014

Your Old Truck

Hand out the window
treading air.
No seat belts and country songs
filtered through the radio.
Cornfields racing by in the peripheral.

I was quite in love,
with your old truck's feel.

Elizabeth Novak Dec 2013

Change

I'm trying to believe that change is good.
That this heartache will strengthen me
if only I can push through it.
We all crave change and yet
when it comes we cling to the old.
We beat change back and tell the future we aren't ready
...we're never ready.