Poetry

Pointed Freeness

ReachfortheSky
Ismini Vasiloglou

KeenPointyKnife-LikeRazor-SharpAngled Piece BustsAnd Smears Ink BlotsMost Sublime YellowWith Tiny Little BlackDark Lines Indented,In Divinely WrappedPeeling Paper whichFlakes Away with EachSharpening Within theMotor with its GratingNoise Which Grinds atThe Soul, Paper PeelsAway like my WorriesAs I Pick up a PencilAnd Write my SadnessAway like Stardust on aBlust’ry Eve, Finger Rubs’Gainst Course MaterialOf Sun, Lemon SchoolBus, Gorgeous GoldenOnion Skin Shaves AwayAnd Ashen Grey-ColoredGraphite Collects in TubeLike Powder Sugar SoonTurned Charcoal, LovelyPole of Saffron FreenessMost Gorgeous Block ofFuchsia Elatedness whichAllows a Take Back, Redo,Precious Second ChanceThat Disappears Too Fast.

ReachfortheSky
Reach for the Sky
Ismini Vasiloglou
Ismini Vasiloglou, 11
Atlanta, GA
Arjun Nair
Arjun Nair, 9
Midlothian, VA

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