Poems

Anything goes

By Diya

She had stars behind each eyelid, 

And a galaxy in her soul,

 That drew people to her endless heart, 

Like a pull of  black hole,

 She was made out of earth and fire,

 Of wishes cast on shooting stars,

 She was a brand new solar system,

 Unlike the ones they’d know so far,

 With constellations ever changing,

 No one could memorise her skies,

 And they thought the thing for them to do,

 Was bring her to their size, 

They shrunk the universe within her, 

Told her vest expanse was wrong, 

That she should make her life much smaller,

 if she wanted to belong,

 As they collapse her world around her,

 She felt her inner stars grow cold,

 until her life was far too heavy,

 For her once strong arms to hold,

 You might wonder how it happened,

 But I guess it makes sense,

 Because a life becomes heavier, 

When it’s the universe condensed. 

Winter

By Diya

I do not mean to scare you,

But there’s winter in my bones,

And when life is too heavy,

You can hear my glaciers groan,

Sometimes I don’t go out,

Because my heart has been snowed in,

And it doesn't take too much,

For avalanches to begin,

But do not get me wrong,

There’s beauty in the endless white,

The ice along my lashes,

Helps reflect back all the light,

And it’s easy to find magic,

Skating on the frozen lakes,

Or in sticking out your tongue,

To catch the softly falling flakes,

The forest floor freezing, 

But the trees are wearing coats,

And I've seen the whistling wind,

Wearing a scarf around its throat,

So do not waste your worry,

On all my blizzards and my storms,

I’ve got my own internal flame,

That always keeps me nice and warm.