POEM STARTER
Submitted by Petit-Mythe
'We all look the same in the dark.'
Use this line as inspiration for a story or poem.
Metamorphosis
The sisterhood of Grade 5
Will tell stories under butterfly sheets
Flashlights bleeding through the cotton
High on hormones and pixie sticks
_Light as a feather, stiff as a board_
Their nights will be full of whispered karaoke
Gel pen tattoos, and spinning soda bottles
They’ll stay up far too late
Inventing new constellations
And laughing at the names
Then they’ll rest, uncharacteristically quiet
Inside sleeping bag cocoons
They’ll wake up the next morning
Adolescence echoing through the halls
They’ll return to the social heirarchy
With heat-damaged hair and press ons
As they grow, under fluorescent lights
And learn to dissect their differences
Then they’ll migrate, each to their own cities
That’ll scare away the stars
And the way they had once seen them
Because their constellations live in the dark
Under butterfly sheets