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girlrinth Apr 2020
The pond decided
to go mountain
climbing one day.

So out of
no where it just
wiggled away.

The swan
was sleeping
during that time.

So there
was mystery
mating with horror
in her eyes.

When she
saw that the pond
was gone.

Her eyes a
deep shade
of kiwi fruit.

The wind
whispered
about how the
pond drowned.

She fought
back a dam
of cuss words.

She felt
like there was
nothing she
could do.

She shoved
her head in
her feathers like
as if it was
a curtain.

The people
walking by were
completely
unconcerned.

After they
left the trees
bowed to her.

They held a
counsel as to how
long she’d last.
girlrinth Apr 2020
raindrops of stars
asked the sun what
it was laughing about.

The sun says
nah you’ll think it’s
way too ridiculous.

If I told you
the impossibility of it
would possess you.

You’d never
see me in the same
light again.

Oh just tell them
before you spit out the
ocean from laughing.

The stars surrounded
the sun so close.

The sun began
to say the giraffe walks
In the woods everyday.

If you look
close enough you’ll see
that she is wearing
cowboy boots.

If you look long
enough you’ll see
they’re slithering
up her ankles.

She knocks
down trees like
they’re domino’s.

Her heart is like
a jellyfish trying to escape as
she looks all around.

She does not
know about me but she’s
trying not to be found.

They lost their
crowns and
became just pins.
girlrinth Apr 2020
A butterfly
sneaking up on
a conch shell.

They’re just
looking for a
safe space.

They begin to
just curl on in.

They feel like
pencil shavings.

The conch
shell begins to
grow icicles.

It’s from just
being stuck.

Empathy and
sympathy
in a bind.

The conch
shell on
the edge.

Just poking up
out of a mountain.

A butterfly kissing
it’s ceiling.

Just trying
not to be peeling.
girlrinth Apr 2020
The Golden
Gate Bridge
is a harp.

It’s one
for a giant.

Yet the harp has
never been played.

If it would the
sound would shine.

Everyone would
hear it all
over the world.

The bridges ropes
turning to a line of
raindrops though.

Rush hour
would agree.

The fish long
to be free.

The butterflies
are blind.

Stars fly through
like sand.

Trees reaching
towards it.

Yet no one
hears the pulse
of a promise.
girlrinth Mar 2020
She was doing
intricate footwork on her figure
skates behind bars.

Her whole
audience had their
eyes closed.

She conducted their
hearts with her hands.

Her hair flew
like music notes as
she did an axel.

Her figure skates
were like violins.

Her blades were
like the bow.

A lullaby sleep
walked on her tongue.

Her layback spin
was like a tuba scratching
roses into the ice.

Her spiral sailed
through the rink
like a guitar.

She gave you
a feeling like her program
was never ending.
girlrinth Mar 2020
Narcissus stared
at his reflection.

Everyone waited
for him to fall in.

He was bruised
all over but it
was internal.  

Everyone thought
he was handsome.

They thought this
is why he stared.  

Yet no one ever
cared to ask him.

He wasn’t content
because all that was
beautiful inside slept.

He was about
to fall but the water
turned to ice.

Yet he still
wouldn’t leave.

One day he
was old and gray
in the spring.

An axe flew up
from the water.

It tapped him
gently on the head.

Suddenly he was
aware of all that
he was looking for.

The spell was broken.
girlrinth Mar 2020
The octopus with
rosebud eyes.
Sparklers shooting
through its pores.
A head with an
opening like an iris.
You move each
tentacle against the
wave like it’s a harp.
You threaten to
turn into fish scales.
You stand
on your head.
So when I fly by.
You look like a sea star.
The waves try
not to open you
like an umbrella.
I sit trying
not to throw out
my philosophy
with the bath water.
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