sofia: Poems

681 · Jul 2020

sofia Jul 2020

as i take a step
off the splintered dock
into the crisp
cool
water
i feel
breathless
i'm meant to be
swimming with the fish

#swimming #fish #breathless #water #home

433 · Jul 2020

resurface

sofia Jul 2020

resurface

i am home.
here in the water
nothing else exists
just me and a fish
or two
i open my eyes
to see nothing
but darkness
somehow, it remains light
in my heart
because nothing is
touching me
except for
the cool
pressure all around
my body
the water holding me close
a tight hug
until i resurface

#water #swimming #home #fish

185 · Jul 2020

revenge

sofia Jul 2020

revenge

nothing but emptiness.
a black hole filled with sadness
inside out nothingness
consuming me
leaving me with loneliness
i seek revenge.

#revenge #teenpoetry

149 · Jul 2020

overpowers

sofia Jul 2020

overpowers

the night sky is a herculean mansion of the stars which
glitter in grace, beauty and evanescent
until the dawn overpowers them.

#overpower #strong #sky

139 · Jul 2020

a fatal flaw

sofia Jul 2020

a fatal flaw

sadness is hiding away from reality
sorrowful, lost
a fatal flaw
in your own story

#fatal

132 · Jul 2020

Untitled

sofia Jul 2020

Untitled

love.
it hurts
but it’s freeing

#love #free #ended

114 · Jul 2020

why i write poetry

sofia Jul 2020

why i write poetry

i write poetry because i
want to live forever
to me, poetry is a wall
that’s made so strong and fierce,
that it can’t be broken, humans it mocks.
it flows into minds like rushing streams,
and sings like silvery mermaids on rocks.
each one crafted by a warm heart,
and a mind working to make art that’s alive,
each syllable and letter’s twist is planned,
to create a poem that will survive

113 · Jul 2020

normalcy is no more

sofia Jul 2020

normalcy is no more

longing for normalcy
knowing i’ll never get
a freshman experience
the world seems as if
it’s dead
leaving me lonely

- sofia

this is from the perspective of a 8th grader going into highschool during the covid 19 pandemic.

#distancelearningsucks

99 · Jul 2020

eyes

sofia Jul 2020

eyes

his eyes could rip through steel
so why when i catch
his with mine
do they soften?

87 · Jul 2020

pretty boy

sofia Jul 2020

pretty boy

i want to stay up all night
thinking about a pretty boy
i want to look into his eyes
and see the love
that he may or may not have for me
i want my creativity to engulf his heart
i want to see the color flood to his face
when i touch his hand
i coat myself in lavender and rose
hoping to awaken a hunger for me
i want to tell him

#crushinghard

86 · Jul 2020

heart

sofia Jul 2020

heart

my heart is a poem
waiting to be written
waiting for someone to believe

this is an excerpt of a poem that was chosen for the 2017 California poets in the schools anthology!

85 · Jul 2020

by chance

sofia Jul 2020

by chance

if by chance our paths intertwined again,
i wish to be with you
no unbearable pain,
for us to work together
for a love that's new

#young #love

81 · Jul 2020

the mask

sofia Jul 2020

the mask

every morning i wake up
and sigh.
my life isn't a fairytale
i take out my mask and take one more look
before i'm transformed into a person
i wish was me

this was written after watching "The Jetsons". the episode was "Future Calling: Videophones in the World of The Jetsons", and it shows judy putting on her "awake' face after just waking up and looking groggy. this really hit home to me because i thought of how whenever anyone goes to work or school, they automatically put on "mask" of what they want people to perceive them as! (me included).

#sad

80 · Jul 2020

blue

sofia Jul 2020

blue

a polaroid camera
capturing smiling faces
into frozen figures

waves of the sea
deep, dark
crashing on the shoreline

thoughts
wearing pain
like a cloak
indiscernible

the sky
vast
calling to the unwelcome

foreign rivers
surrounded by canopies
of mass jungles

insensate.

away from reality
hiding, lost

a fatal flaw
in your own story

the inspo for this was all things blue. polaroid cameras, waves, sad thoughts, the sky, rivers, e.t.c

78 · Jul 2020

constellations

sofia Jul 2020

constellations

a delicate blanket
of unrivaled light
twinkling dust
a shimmering galactic blast
an arrangement of stars that fuel the impossible

#stars

76 · Jul 2020

tell me

sofia Jul 2020

tell me

what does it feel like
to write poems about
a love that exists?

i don't know

#sad

71 · Jul 2020

a crisp starlit night

sofia Jul 2020

a crisp starlit night

holding many wonders
the beauty of the night with shooting stars
that shortly sweep over the heaven before waning away
wishes are made, hope fills their hearts
for a better future, or a fulfilment of their desires
tangled up within the depth of mind
on a crisp, starlit night.

#night

68 · Jul 2020

lost

sofia Jul 2020

lost

i lost my head
while searching for
my mind

#lost

67 · Jul 2020

without them

sofia Jul 2020