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Evening Sentinel~ By Gabrielle Balot

8/19/2020

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We watch them through
Years of striving
To reach us, touch us
But gravity wins
Imprisoned beings
Try to name us
Sirius, Polaris, Aquila, Orion
Attempt to mold us
Into chants and lullabies
Unsatisfied with our original version
Though sometimes calling us
Beautiful, brilliant
We love anyway
Between sunsets and sunrises
Tucking exhausted minds
In the blanket of the midnight sky
We shine on humanity as if
Strung together tightly by
An invisible thread
Distracted bodies trapped in
Those bustling cities
Between the poles
In the absence of nature as
Tired eyes pursue birds that too
Crave for our freedom


Author Bio:
Gabrielle Balot is a 17-year-old writer and visual artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a 12th-grade Creative Writing student at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. She enjoys writing poetry and short stories to make sense of her place in the world. Her writing gives an essential voice to topics that are hard for her to explain in any other way. She likes to explore issues of emotions and relationships - especially anxiety, rejection, and identity - which are issues that most teenagers deal with.
3 Comments
Lakeisha
8/19/2020 11:24:41 am

What a beautiful mind!!!! Congratulations on your publication!

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Nia
8/21/2020 01:38:41 pm

Lovely poem!

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Traci Smith
8/21/2020 02:02:52 pm

Such a timely topic! Everyone can resonate with this message. And, it flows so beautifully! Love this part:

"We shine on humanity as if
Strung together tightly by
An invisible thread
Distracted bodies trapped in
Those bustling cities
Between the poles..."

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