Alone in the sky
My heart, it beats
I don’t know why
My heart, a stray
Lost in it’s world
My heart, it hopes
To become unfurled
My heart, a boat
Drifting to sea
My heart a moat
A great mystery
My heart, it severs
Ties that bind us
My heart is lost
Please come find us
My heart, it spoke
To me like a mother
My heart and it’s will
To be with another
My heart wants to love
It needs to feel connection
But my heart is afraid
To feel affection
My heart, it keens
To beat with another
My heart, it just bleeds
Just like the others
My heart, a star
Alone in the sky
My heart, it beats
I don’t know why
--Niah L., 9th-12th Grade