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What does that make you?


You know how frost spreads on a window? A collage of crystals forming in unique shapes and sizes. Stretching out at a steady speed til it encompasses the whole window in ice. Or how a fire burns a sheet of paper. It begins in one corner as a small change of color. The paper gets darker and soon a flame has formed that begins treading along the paper’s surface. It slowly creeps outward getting faster and faster until the paper is nothing, but ash and burning embers. If I were to describe our love, some days I am the paper, other days I am the window. What does that make you?

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Nathan3259

I'm a Grad student now studying Biochemistry and Biophysics (not sure how I got there). I guess I've been using this site for nearly 8 years now though sometimes I went years without writing much of anything. I write what I feel and I write what I need to let go of. Sometimes I write about a dream or a nightmare I had, If I can tell the difference. I fell in love for poetry in high school and continued to write in college. I hope to publish a book someday as well (leave a comment if a poem speaks to you). P.S. My Instagram is @CottonCandyPoems

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