Poems from DaXue
I am not made of feathers
I am not made of glass.
I will not wait forever,
Or all my time will pass.
I am not a wisp of cotton,
I am not a...
Blue eyes, grey skies
Smoke flies, earth dies.
Spores creep, frogs weep
Wastes seep, humans sleep.
Nets trawl, fish fall
Bugs call, cities...
A girl wakes up with expectations
Assertions
That things will stay the same:
The sun will rise
Her mother will say good morning.
A bird...
"A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips,"
Warns a "well-meaning" family friend,
Wagging her finger and clicking her tongue.
Let me...
Given a single-use
Eraser,
I would smudge away
All the limitations
That bind
The human race.