figurative language
Learn more about other poetry terms
I don't know how to explain things with simple words
In fact, I don't even see things in simple terms,
But I can weave my tongue into metaphors.
I will not start with once upon a time.
This is not past tense.
This is now.
Every day.
Every second. Every minute.
Looking in the looking glass,
We are writers, scrawling ideas on the sides
of notebooks, frantically tearing out the paper
and sticking it in our pockets. We highlight
our favorite parts of you, write hearts
I dream of heaven
I dream of the place
where angels sing,
gates are made
of gold, and things
let their wings free.
I dream of a beautiful
place... Where I could
find peace, but my
I’m only a little bird
Trapped in a Cage
Barred down by the rest of Society
They strap me in chains
Forbid me to fly away
There's nothing left for this little bird
