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Emma Jenny Jan 2015
If I were to be a flower
I would be a sun,
she said.
I'd shine out among the rest
my pedals all glitz and glimmer

And me, said another
If I was a flower
I would be wild
carefree, lighthearted
basking in those who
call themselves the sun

yet I, another chimed in
I would be like the May
I'd carry the wanderers to a place of new
and when they get there, give them comfort,
reliance,
provide them with hope

Don't forget me,
said one more.
If I was a flower,
I would be wheat,
I would be the one to feed the nations
and hunger would cease by my name.

And I, whispered the last
If I were a flower,
I would be a wall.
Emma Jenny Dec 2014
Hesitation was my last mistake
Believing was my first,
a salty lake made clear
I can see,
every twisted path you take

It is selfish ambition,
the path you walk,
flavored with the wicked cursed
that leads only to frustration

and you suppose
none of which you do today
effects the road you walk tomorrow,
that each bridge you count burned
leaves ash afloat to future skies
and where it settles brings no sorrow.
Emma Jenny Dec 2014
My river flows uphill
there are lilies along each side
a guide for the stream
they shout to the water
keep climbing
push forward

My river flows uphill
Because I am always looking up
Emma Jenny Nov 2014
And it all seems strange
that it is not strange at all
that here I am living
what I wanted
for years
and yet
it is not like I have morphed
into something new
I am simply living
how I have lived
asking my heart
what to do
Emma Jenny Oct 2014
I am a good person
because I lead who is less
I am better
and they,
they will all learn
from my ways.

My perfect red haired child
will not play
with the lesser
I do not want
him to be like
them.

“They are not less fortunate”
although I won't admit
I grew up better
and they grow up less
Life is a race
and I am at the front
I'm so anti-racist
I’m cleaning their mess.
Emma Jenny Oct 2014
I am the little big man

Shoulders broad
Hands strong
Thunder thighs
Head in in the sky

Chin pointed down
Face to the ground
Heart in throat
Hands in coat
Fists clenched
Knees bent

I am the little big man.
Emma Jenny Jul 2014
I am small
but I stand on many legs
I know that they can squash me
in a single moment
I am dead.
Not even one thousand
is enough.
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