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Erin Jade May 2014
sky
Fifth day of the fifth month,
in a year ending in an unlucky number.

The sky doesn't say Canadian May;
with it's unpredictable rain showers.
That laugh in the face of the springtime
rhyme we can't seem to let go of.
Instead, the sky says June or July with
the sparkling charisma of a stream in summertime.
The light breeze moves through the leafless
maple trees as seamlessly as a saw
cuts through the 2x4s made of it's sisters.


This day says life, not death.


But yet as my car tears down the highway
death is in the air; reminding the world
of its immediacy like the flattened beetle
on my windshield, glowing extraterrestrial green.

The phone rings, and for a moment
the world stops.*

"She's gone"

Gone into the sky, and beyond. With nothing,
but my scream following.
This is a work in progress that came from a writing exercise in class. #feedback is welcome <3
Erin Jade May 2014
Can't see you
Can't call you
Can't hug you
But I can feel you
In my triumphs
I feel you
In my disappointments
I feel you
In the sunshine
I feel you
So how, I wonder
Can you be gone?
Erin Jade May 2014
Thousands leave, few return
Soldiers die and cities burn
Widows wept, children cried
thinking of those who died
Many years of endless death
Dodging bullets, holding breath
yellow clouds floating through the skies
Burning lungs, throats, and eyes
Shrapnel fell down like rain
Breaking helmets, causing pain
Gas, planes, tanks and guns
Killing brothers, fathers, sons
Those who return are Veterans great
Those who died had a different fate
Those who don't return are our honoured dead
They take this honour to their final bed
Their names are placed on walls and stone
To show those they left are not alone
Every year we remember those who died
Who gave their lives, their souls, their hide
We wear upon our chests, flowers of red
To show respect to those who are dead
This was one of the first poems I ever wrote. Always remember where you came from :)
Erin Jade May 2014
Trudging through the rain
but still smiling and laughing
Hopelessly in *love
Erin Jade May 2014
Spinning
Anger, sadness
Self-doubt, disbelief, rage
Confrontation, spinning, anger
Sadness
Erin Jade May 2014
In the western world,
chaos is the norm.
In the land of opportunity,
we all must conform.
Big corporations know,
conformity is what they need.
But what if everyone,
refused to water that seed.
Drought would take over,
and no plant would grow.
And the power of the people,
to the corporations we can show.
We all must refuse to nurture,
the seed of corporate greed.
For the only plant they grow,
is a variety of ****.
Erin Jade May 2014
Life is great,
cherish it.
Life is good,
embrace it.
Life is fun,
enjoy it.
Life is laughter,
laugh with it.
Life is family,
love it.
Life is friends,
forgive it.
Life is living,
live it.
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