Sally

16

"I Keep it Within"

It had always been there -
Within me.
I could always feel
The warmth that penetrated my skin
On the most frigid winter days.
When I cried,
The ocean inside of me splashed salty tears down my face,
And the stars were dull
Compared to the glint in my eyes.
Sleepless nights were spent
Peering at plastic glow-in-the-dark stars
That littered my ceiling.
Coated in mud,
I smelt of trees
And meadows.
But inside me
Was a tangle of emotions
Rooted deep in my heart.
I felt free inside.
If I closed my eyes for long enough and sat quietly,
I could almost hear the roar of the ocean
And the stuttering of leaves
Fighting against a gust of wind.
Outside,
The trees spit their leaves at me
While snow melted on my cheek.
But the flowers in my mind still bloomed,
And I always felt warm
And free.
Outside,
It could be frozen jungle of icicles,
But inside me,
It will always be summer.