Girls Who Wear Glasses

I was inspired by Nikki Giovanni's childrens poetry book (hence the simplicity and the perfect rhymes) . I thought hmmm what would my 13 yr old self want to read...and if I have a daughter what would I want her to read, this is what I came up with. If you can relate to this poem(maybe you never grew out of your 13 yr old self like me) I would love to hear your story... maybe expand the poem by incorporating some of your experiences...leave it in the comments section

We are the friend, the homie,
the permanent third wheel
and we need to loosen up
because we don't know how to have fun
we are the test you cheat off of
we are the stiffs, the ones that get looked over
at parties that we snuck in
we cry in private and snort in public
we push our frames up with our middle fingers
and love it!
we aren't cheerleaders
we aren't a slutty version of something for Halloween
we have crushes that crush us
but we raise our hands
and listen to obscure indie bands
whose lead singer wrote a hit
about a girl he fell in love with
that wore glasses just like him.

Pomegranate

An endless war fought in vein
a tongue that paints outside the lines
Pomegranate similes
a song that no one hears
a soliloquy
a kept promise in a heart shaped box
padlocked
like brown eyes in brown eyes then
nothing less, everything more
caramelized metaphors
he is, no like or as

Ginger

Your laugh has too many lines
but I'd spend my time trying to count them
and if I could I would engrave them in my hand
and have my palm read over and over again