LRAE Poetry

I feel the ups and  downs  of this ebb and flow   tears running down  the river stream,  Is this the  right way to go? flowing treacherously,  murky and coated with algae looking down on my  reflection,  holding myself and  consoling my inflection following the fish  that swim up north I look at the little tadpoles  that wash up to the shore they kiss my fingertips,  the pebble I threw skips then, the waves  gradually  break,  I haven’t eaten lunch yet,   that’s why I have a bellyache - Leah Rae

I asked the night  sky if I could catch the brightest star  j ust to use its energy  to send my rocket ship  into a world somewhere far I listened to the beat of my heart   and let it pound like a bass picking  the deepest string  and brought it  up to  the highest note  until my ears would ring yet still, there’s a meaning  of hope I have yet to unfold, this wise idea in my mind has been alive for so long  that it’s getting old, but I will keep holding on  if that turns this story  into another chapter, a life so full of grief and  overwhelmed with thoughts  of what could happen in the after,  this beautiful and complicated philosophy, answers to the unknown  are in astrology, and although that may be hard to believe, try your best to manifest positivity - Leah Rae

the name  is  Sweetie sweet and sour  like a kiwi once you  get  a  taste of sugar,  the little bits and  pieces you'll devour with a   peppermint  smile  and sweetened feelings, I sprinkled stardust  into the room and lived my candy  land fantasy I picked off  gumdrops from the top of  crystal candy rocks I chewed through bubblegum until the muscles in my  mouth became numb I bought all of the  boxes of  sweethearts  and gave them to people who knew street smarts with a secret message  on each of the treats, your tongue will be blistered  once you've had enough to eat, I'm getting tired of being  stepped  on  all the time, but  that's what I get  for being too sweet for all of the ingredients that  fall into my sugary confection I don't want to  be  taken  advantage of for letting you have  a taste of  my affection - Leah R...

the very thing you  think you can’t  do  makes you the most  capable of doing so at least it’s  on  your mind,  even  if you’re not  doing it all the time like writing or painting,  you have the inspiration  hidden in  t he  fine lines what you think  you can’t do,  you can do better  than somebody who  hasn’t  put  any thought into it,  you’re  the one that holds the power,  you’re the one  that’s passionate what you think  you can’t  do  makes you eligible  f or giving it a try sooner than later, you’ll  make progress,  just wait and see  how the time flies you can do what  you  think you can't do, it's all in your  state of mind - Leah Rae

you're  burning and there’s dust  on my hands your soot lays like  velvet amongst these lands I’m choking as if my throat  feels like the desert sands you’re burning  and  there’s a fire in my head the silk sheets turned  to black in my bed your words are like ashes  for the way they spread my world has turned  into flashing neon,  but one day, I’m afraid  that  I’ll awake and you’ll be gone so I’ll keep smoking  just to keep me calm we’re burning,  our  flames are mirrored I’m conquering and  healing everything I’ve feared our ashes on this path  have been smeared,  the grayness of the  fog has disappeared  - Leah Rae