Two Poems
Sienna Gallus
Sienna Gallus
what the sea is really made of
Something is melting inside of me
spreading itself underneath my skin
rising in my throat, salty spit
dripping from my fingertips
drowning out my- I look at myself. Puffy-eyed in the mirror.
I want to tear myself open and let the tide roll out
I need to make more room inside of me
There isn’t any space left for me in here
I’m leaking from every crevice
there is too much in one body.
Too much of you
Too much.
spreading itself underneath my skin
rising in my throat, salty spit
dripping from my fingertips
drowning out my- I look at myself. Puffy-eyed in the mirror.
I want to tear myself open and let the tide roll out
I need to make more room inside of me
There isn’t any space left for me in here
I’m leaking from every crevice
there is too much in one body.
Too much of you
Too much.
Perpetual Change
Impermanence is the scariest of all things
And yet the temporariness of what I feel
dissolves, too
Impermanence is the weather.
Safe inside, but missing the sun we rot into bed sheets,
Playing dead watching the weather channel
Cloudbursts about, they shower me
But clothes dry
Changing,
material and non forever stirring within its self
Anticipation of the storm,
but a limitless forecast of January charms
And I forget the meteorologists aren’t always right
So awakens this bewitching sort of dread
Today calls for warmth, but the winds may drift just as easy
Inwardly plunges modernity
And it is overwhelmingly
okay.
For I am as the weather
Strangely, freely everchanging
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Sienna Gallus is a sophomore literary artist at Lehigh Valley Charter School for the Arts. She loves to immerse herself in as many forms of art as she can get her hands on; namely, music, photography, film, and poetry! She is very passionate about advocating for mental health, feminism, and exploration through introspection. In her free time, Sienna loves to spend time traveling, watching as many sunsets as she can, and being with her friends and family.
Sienna Gallus is a sophomore literary artist at Lehigh Valley Charter School for the Arts. She loves to immerse herself in as many forms of art as she can get her hands on; namely, music, photography, film, and poetry! She is very passionate about advocating for mental health, feminism, and exploration through introspection. In her free time, Sienna loves to spend time traveling, watching as many sunsets as she can, and being with her friends and family.