AllianneCooper

Deep blue sky Cold wind whispering Bright fiery trees This is fall. Soft and sweet Geese flying away Squirrels curling up This is fall. Beautiful time Clearest colors Tinkling music This is fall. Saddest time Dying year Drifting leaves This is fall. Bravest time This is the grace before winter. This is the deep breath before the plunge. This is the year dying Fighting on her feet This is fall.

Hey rose, where did you get that red?          I tried to be blue, but I couldn't hold onto the sky.          I tried to be green, but it didn't fit me.          I tried to be gold, but sparkly dust doesn't stick to me.          I tried to be white, but thorns are too sharp to be clouds.          I tried to be black, but I couldn't find anything to copy.          I've fallen from the sky, been chased from the trees, risen from the ashes, stuck my head in the clouds, and gotten lost in the dark that was never completely without a star.          I've done all that and more on the way to here.          My red is mine, and mine al

Remember that time last winter? Remember when you told me everything Would be okay, everything would be alright? Remember how you told me To keep holding on Told me to stay in the light. Remember how you taught me to walk Taught me to talk And then turned around and did it again When I forgot. Remember when you gave me an arm to lean on A shoulder to cry on And a smile that said everything Would be okay, everything would be alright. Whatever happens, happens And that's what really helped. And for the most inconsequential problems You always understood. Remember how when I had given up You said to never lose hope Sometimes

Two minutes to midnight and I'm nowhere near sleep. My silent feet across the cold floor to the window I lift the curtain and let the bright moonlight in Bright as day, chasing my nightmares away Like you used to do I watch the stars shine in the dark sky And wonder where you are tonight. Have you really left like you told me you would? Are you somewhere across half the earth? Lifting another curtain at another window Searching the same night sky for answers? It's dark and cold tonight and I'm alone There's no one to draw me close and hold me tight No one to turn to when the darkness brings my fears to life There's no one to w

        12:00 a.m. You've stared at the same four sheets of music for the past six hours. The keys on the flute feel way too heavy for something so small. Both hands have been hurting to the point of numbness for what seems like forever. The piece, which had been perfect yesterday, good enough to earn a rare compliment from your teacher, had been fine when, after dinner, you'd sat down, intending to run it through a couple times before tomorrow. Tomorrow. The day you've been waiting for, dreaming of, dreading, for the past three months. The audition. According to everyone else, you should do fine. You had made it the year before. In fact,

Go through the day Keep your head down Don't speak to anyone Don't meet their eyes. Try to blend in And stay invisible Take care, you know what happens if you fall It's happened before. Don't forget that time When you tried the other way When you strayed off the beaten path And took a darker road. Keep in mind How you barely survived And if you slip again, You know you won't make it out. Remember what it was That kept you alive That kept you breathing When there was no air left. Down there in the dark Time lost all meaning You lost all rational thought And all good things had fallen. You held on 'Cause you believed in