just kids

burning tears roll

down my pink cheeks

the world outside crying

it's own cold tears

I look out to a wet

yard and droplet

covered leaves

nothing could prepare

me for this

the feeling of being

moved to tears

no matter how many

times I read

this story of two

young artists

and their relationship

throughout their lives

the words are written

in a way that

affects me like

no other writer has

I feel as though

I'm along on

their journey

feeling their pain

crying their tears

loving their joy

their story inspires me

to write when I have nothing

to say or cannot comprehend

the fog that takes

over my mind

write every little thing

I think, feel, or see

to see parts of myself

in my words I have

not yet met

writing sloppy handwriting

that not even I

can fully understand

beautiful stories

move us in ways

we're never 

prepared for

but then there are
the stories that

stick with us

change the way we

move through life

challenge us to become

the people we were

meant to be

inspire us to never

stop doing what

we love most

as I write these words

the rain calms down

as the sky

begins to lighten

sun trying to

break through

I see a rainbow in

my mind as

memories flash

by my eyes

I smile for

the two kids

who inspire me

their story stays

with me on my walk

creating the artist 

I hope to become

blue star

10.22.2015