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Brighter in the Morning
By Amelia Sigafoos
I’m dancing in the dark of night
with my crescent moon tambourine The stars up high, they shine so bright , but they’re not shining on me.
It’s not like you’re undeserving
you deserve it more than me
but it seems like you don’t have to try to be, all I aim to be.
I know that I’ll never be good enough no, I’ll never be like you.
So I tell myself that it’s all for fun
so when the sun rises I’m not blue.
And I’ll have to be brighter in the morning so I’ll let myself be sad right now because if people knew the real me
I would just let everyone down.
If I could paint the universe
I know that you’d still be the one in first, and I’d always be just one step behind.
I try to love the words I write,
I try to love myself,
but you dominate even in my mind I can’t think of anything else.
Though I feel that I’ll never be good enough, and won’t ever be like you.
I tell myself it’s all for fun,
so when the sun rises I’m not blue.
And it’s gonna be brighter in the morning, so I’ll let myself be sad right now
but I know everything’s gonna be okay
In the morning I’ll be safe and sound.
By Tizer Lindgren
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