B Scott

1. I'm home for Easter. This is mostly because I have 41 cents on my meal plan at school and wouldn't be able to eat if I didn't come home. Cool.
2. Finals start next week. FINALS. I am almost HALFWAY THROUGH my undergrad. WHAT.
3. I get to write a five page paper on guilt as it pertains to "Civilization and Its Discontents" by Freud and "Eichmann in Jerusalem" by Hannah Arendt. I'm actually really, really excited for it.
4. I just started getting back into tumblr. It's been like.. a year. dreaming-out-loud.tumblr.com if you want to follow
5. I wrote my first bit of poetry in a few months! Different than usual, but I'm happy with it. It's called "The Flight of Icarus" and it's below.
6. I leave for the cross-country bike tour in less than a month and my bike still isn't in. Cool.
7. I'm ridiculously happy right now.
8. I'm officially a Spanish/Anthropology double major. I'll probably end up getting my masters in education or going into student affairs.
9. This semester flew by.
10. Did I mention I'm happy?

"Flight of Icarus"

Flowers stand adorned in gold –
Gravity brings them back to grey.
Muscles stray from loyal bone –
I can’t recall the scenes they played.
Such grace, such poise –
Elegant ploys to take the sun away.

I’m dreaming again.

Heartstrings vibrate unsteady,
Throats grow gaping holes.
Unforgiving missed opportunities,
Cracked second chances,
Right on cue.
Vocal chords fail to realize –
Purpose falls from broken lips,
Layering on the ground,
So softened to my figure,
Sinking.

I’m dreaming again.

The tired mind is the perfect scribe for scenes assailing tired eyes
The perfect voice and forsaken choice for what subsists through lies
Late nights, tortured thoughts, sinking senses soar

Gravity brings them back to grey,
Flowers adorned so long in gold.