first anniversary

Today is a very special day! It is the birthday of "Winter Notes on Summer Impressions" !!! I created Winter Notes on December 11th, 2013, and a TON has happened since then. So many good things and so many bad things. I wish that I could have captured every memory and feeling and experience in this place, but there are so many words I haven't written. Writing on this blog has given me an awesome creative outlet to work through the hard things and ideas and feelings, and also to discover my love of writing, especially of poetry, so I'm really thankful for it, and anyone who reads it. (even though they might think I'm crazy or really depressing sometimes)

So, in honor of this momentous occasion, I wrote a poem. :) It's short and sweet and it's called "This Year I Wrote a Lot of Things" because I did, and also because I couldn't think of a better title. So yeah.


This year I wrote a lot of things,
I wrote them down in ink.
My favorite pen, each thought dispensed
Spiraling and succinct.

This year I wrote a lot of things,
I wrote them in the air.
My flute would sing, each fingering
Wrote joys and hopes and prayers.

This year I wrote a lot of things,
I wrote them on my skin.
With razorblades my hate displayed
In scar and wound and sin.

This year I wrote a lot of things,
Some things no one has read.
Songs unheard, unspoken hurt,
Words that I never said.