Poems from Rachel Chasteen

A small town Ohio girl who was thrown in South-western Florida after her sophomore year of high school.
sleep on the sidewalk
Or a bed of grass
To feel the thunder crash
To see the lighting flash
To hear the rain ricochet off the ground
Watch...
He watches the world
behind closed doors
With love at the back of his mind
He thinks of far off places
And prettier, happier times
He...
As another
walks out of the door,
a silence
fell over the house.
Then one-by-one
they each had their own
small meltdowns
in separate...
I remember before
I tied my heart
in knots for you.
It's blurred and grey,
But the memory
Is not quite forgotten.
When your tide took...
I veer left
Into the infinite line
Of blackberry and iPhone users
Driving SUVs
with sports stickers on their back windows.
They have numb...