Three Poems

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Lauren Bromberg

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Heidi

 

You remind me of Heidi,

Someone I used to know.

She’d do ballet in her bedroom

And write love songs just for fun.

I couldn’t tell you why or when

She might have stopped.

I know that she loved it,

But I guess that she forgot.

And she owned the art she made

Like she owned her yellow crocs.

But now when I see her

She looks kind of lost.

 

I can tell you’re just like her

Because you also wear yellow shoes

And your sadness is stuck to you like a tattoo.

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My Friend Sam

 

“I’ll play with you tomorrow, Sam!”

But Sam’s tomorrow never came.

And now I’m playing tag alone,

which was Sam’s favorite game.

 

Sam could never catch me.

I would always run too fast.

Now I wish I’d given him a chance to,

But it’s too late because he’s passed.

 

I think about how cruel God is

To take someone only seven.

I really hope God reminds Sam

To come play with me from up in Heaven.

 

I didn’t realize how temporary life is,

I didn’t realize it could end.

If I had realized that earlier,

I’d have said bye to my best friend.

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Ode To Spring

 

The girl in the sundress,

Napping in verdant grass,

Her cheeks warm like a hug.

Up above,

Pink candy trees,

Clouds of whipped cream,

The backyard pond, semi-frozen, a slurpee.

The soil looks like fudge

Where gummy worms reside.

Garden pinwheels spin like ballerinas for a moment

Until the breeze becomes as soft as a whisper.

In this season of flutters,

A fearful fledgling takes her first flight.

The bees sprinkle pollen

Like pixie dust.

And flowers of every pigment on the painter’s palette

Grow like children.

The girl in the sundress suddenly awakens.

Her nose twitches like a rabbit’s tail.

Achoo!

 

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Lauren Bromberg (Class of 2024) is majoring in Journalism and Media Studies with a double minor in Political Science and Creative Writing. She is from Rockaway, New Jersey. She aspires to write for children’s television shows, movies, and musicals in the future.