penguin
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roastingwinter mealsjust beforethe snow hits,the dry chilling airencircles us twolittle penguinsin our black overcoatsas we smellsweet sugars formupon the darkening skin
Hot cocoa burned
Lesson learned
Rotten milk
Blanket of silk
Flightless birds
Spoken words
Chilly night
Candle light
Chocolate tainted
A prank elated
Laughter, smiles
What I have lived for hitherto is not of conformity,
But for my own thoughts and beliefs without straying afar from the norm.
As a small penguin of a large world,
A Penguin can’t fly.
The poor flightless bird, confined to the land and sea, with wings weighing it down: gravity.
Me.
The girl who dreams to be a penguin, yet fly,
