Things I miss

Megan Malibiran 

Morning Sun. Edward Hopper, 1952. Photograph: Alamy

Praise the way your hairs curl on your head 

Praise the traveling echoes of laughter

Praise the radiant metal in your smiling teeth

Praise the way you used to hold me so our heart beats synchronized.  

Praise the midnight drives

Praise the running clocks  

Praise the after-school naps 

Praise the static of the radio 

Praise the convergent road with all its earthly cracks 

Praise the small space left in the narrow hallways 

Praise 

The night of the end I almost forgot to touch reality and separated myself from man 

Now I fell far from worldly things and  

appreciate the lifeless wall instead  

Megan Malibiran, is a senior graduating from Huntley High School in Huntley, Illionis. She enjoys writing poetry, drawing, fashion, and jamming out to One Direction and their solo albums..  Next fall, Megan will be attending Loyola University Chicago, majoring in nursing.