nature | Allyson Sydney

June 2, 2020

Together We Rise

September 26, 2018

I won’t come out
And light things up for you
I’m a new moon tonight

April 12, 2018

Half the time I’m alone at night
But this time
I was barefoot
On the marsh
When the sky dimmed to 3am

Smoke dripped
From my mouth
Nothing there
To carry it away

Only a few stars
Showed up
And the Moon
Was too shy
To see through the clouds

April 11, 2018

Sick flutters enslave me
To a slow pain
That feels like joy

They are anxieties
Hiding in corners of sleepy shadows

They are dark lyrics
Sloshing behind my teeth

So I plant them in the dirt
And let flowers bloom
Out of my throat

Because it is better to grow
Than pluck buttercups

April 7, 2018

Below the trees is where I lay–

I wished to float free like the autumn leaves,

And gently live among the crisp fall breeze.

Here, confusion escaped me with relief,

And my troubles misplaced like snow-covered keys.

As the moon faded away the day,

I began to stray.