Shiny is back! ✨🩵 "Hold On"

Dear Readers, ♥️

I haven’t published a poem in five weeks! I was busy concluding a very big chapter. 🍭

Thanks for coming back. :-)

Love,
Shiny ✨

Hold On          May 6 

I prefer the twinkle lights
in the children’s section of the store, 
and I have a pen that sparkles 
when I write. 

I still draw the names I love 
in the sand, 
and I drink coffee from a mug 
covered in stars.

I don’t really care if any of this
is age-appropriate, 
silly, 
or immature. 

I care that my heart 
stays young. 

I care to hold on
to wonder.

I want the joy that lights up my face 
when I give someone a gift 
from that part of me. 

So, bring on the stickers, 
and the lights shaped like hearts, 

the notebooks covered in whales,
sailboats, elephants,
and sardines. 

Bring me the hope of the tiny,
shiny girl 

living inside 
this woman’s body. 

Durham, NC | May 2025

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