That you only have one chance with a Polaroid.
The anxiety I get from talking about life.
That the teacher I T.A. for never has anything for me to do
and is okay when I leave to do me.
When I catch him staring.
That we are doing yoga in second period now.
That I totally stole this post from the example list.
That when my brother comes home it will be on graduation day.
My free period after lunch.
The talks I have with my dad in the car.
All the dead flowers in my room.
Gregory Alan Isakov's voice.
Sam Smith's voice.
That I have never liked any of the kisses I've experienced.
Hobby Lobby runs during third.
All nighters when parents are gone.
The wall of pictures I have and how pretty soon I'll have to take them down
and put them in a box.
No one wrote me a happy note, I guess I do pretty well at making people believe I'm happy.
Blue eyes and nice eyebrows.
That the moon takes a whole month to be full again.
How badly I want to tell someone the honest truth that runs a marathon in my head every day.
That I don't have a best-friend-sibling.
The looks I get for missing three Sundays in a row.
How I'm finding myself wanting to stay in my bed more than anything.
That he mentioned my name and prom in the same sentence.
That my parents will have 3 kids in college next year, and how much stress that gives me.
How I'm almost done with the 10th season of Friends.
And how in 3 months I'll be done with most of my friends.
And how that means Nelson's class will end eventually.
the opening line and the thing about Sunday's
ReplyDeletethat was a lame comment and autocorrect put that apostrophe in Sundays so I'm commenting again.
Deleteanyway, I really liked this. yeah
1. GREGORYS VOICE- he's one of my favorites for sure
ReplyDelete2. "That the moon takes a whole month to be full again." #stolen
3. "How I'm finding myself wanting to stay in my bed more than anything." #same
4. "How I'm almost done with the 10th season of Friends."
5. "And how in 3 months I'll be done with most of my friends."
SERIOUSLY that line about the moon made me feel my heartbeat.
DeleteSuch a great idea for a blog post. I know you stole it, but I think everyone should.
ReplyDeleteYour opening one is FANTASTIC: "That you only have one chance with a Polaroid."
The dead flowers. The voices. The honesty about the kisses. The line about the moon. The sadness surrounding graduation.
I don't want you to leave my class any more than you want to leave it.
Seriously I love reading your posts. The prom thing, same. This entire thing. Wow. Amazing
ReplyDeleteYou can tell me the honest truth. Hit me with it whenever you need to. We can scream it at the mountains and paint it places we shouldn't.
ReplyDeleteThat the moon takes a whole month to be full again.
ReplyDeleteall kinds of feels.
Also I loved the lines about friends and friends. Genius.