And you feel alone in the world.
The light will guide you through the darkness.
Letting you be yourself,
And feel at home.
Its bright rays of light,
Chase away the darkness.
Leaving you in the bright glow of its light.
When the walls start to cave in,
And you feel alone in the world. The light will guide you through the darkness. Letting you be yourself, And feel at home. Its bright rays of light, Chase away the darkness. Leaving you in the bright glow of its light.
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A bit of hope
A magical world, That's all your own. Where anything can happen, You could fly, Win a million dollars, Or ride an elephant. Anything could happen. But when it stops You come back to earth, And wish for your magical world, Where you can be yourself. I find her in the laboratory. It’s late, past curfew, and she’s huddled by her workstation, pouring over DNA sequences, double helixes rotating across holographic screens. I’ve come to find her - I’m worried, and exhausted - but in the dark, with her face backlit by the monitor’s pink pulse, she’s never looked more beautiful. And I know, down to the nucleotides of my DNA - that she’s right for me. Rosie…
She turns. “I do not love you, Victor.” ! “What? No. No, I don’t.” We met through Pheramor - the best genetic dating app yet. I was eager to try - I was already part of the lab, then, and knew that if this didn’t work, nothing would. And then… there she was. 100% compatible. Perfect! “Yes, I know what the test said. Yes, that’s why I sent in my DNA, like they all do- Yes, I know it’s the most advisable way- don’t shout, Victor.” It revolved, of course, around the Major Histocompatibility Complex. These eleven little genes already taught the immune system to recognize invading material - and now, it was they who helped to find true love. “Yes, dear, I know all about the MHC genes - and the proteins - Victor, I am a geneticist. So I scraped out my cheek and shipped off a swab, and - voila. Yes, I know about the research, about how the subjects in those experiments chose partners with the greatest difference. Yes I know, that love is ingrained in our cells, but-” Circus
Bright lights, Clowns in colorful outfits, Making the crowd laugh. Tricks up in the air Gasps escape from the crowd As the performers flip through the sky, Anything you could ever want Is in this one tent Happiness and joy explode from the audience And the performers feel it, Letting it soak in. All this wonder and joy is in this one tent. Circus. Four sisters
One brother-in-law a mom a dad Nana and grandmom betty Three aunts Too many cousins to count… firsts and seconds Family. Daddy, I ask, How do you spell “I love you?” writing a letter to my sister So that I can pretend to be the mailman Sophie pettit? I ask, Is there a sophie pettit here? My sister giggles, Raises her hand That’s me! I give her the letter in the “official-looking” envelope that only says, “I love you.” with soph in second grade, I now start Kindergarten I feel so grown up, walking through those doors Hello Kitty dress on notebooks in my bag lunch in my hand New classmates, friends Inside at first I cannot tap Not for my life But I work and Work and Work Until i am as good as those older girls Until my shuffles become Effortless And my wings are nearly perfect and even then, I work harder still Because tap is not “just dance” to me, but it has become who I am Middle school? ’cross the hallway. the other side of the Link. think i’ll be sick that day… wait… All year? till college? Guess i’m gonna have to try… |
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