Poetry by Shiny✨🩵 "South Now"

Dear Readers, ♥️

When I was growing up, I’d always cry when we left the beach and started driving North. I would tell my parents that someday, I’d have a house in North Carolina.

I forgot about that dream a long time ago.

But after everything that happened, that dream came back, and then it came true.

And now, I like how I feel when I’m driving South.

Love,
Shiny ✨

South Now         July 10 

I love the way I feel here.
I like how deeply I sleep.
I like the mellow evenings, 
and the buzzing in the trees. 

I like how the sky is mostly blue.
I like the air when it rains. 
I like the hazy look of the moon. 
and the distant sound of the train. 

I like how the clouds are nostalgic. 
I love how the pine brush smells.
I like how the mornings are misty, 
and the stories people tell. 

Sometimes there’s a chorus
from all the neighborhood dogs, 
other nights, a call and response 
among a group of frogs.

Some nights I may be lonely, 
other times, I just feel free; 
but no matter how I’m feeling here, 
I always feel like me. 

Evening in Durham | July 10

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