Sophia Zhang (14)
orange impressions
like a jam,
like a confiture of apricots,
a compote of clementines,
an orange rind lost, then refound on the tablecloth—
I sit sticky, clinging
onto supple-stoned earrings of
polished sterling and silver backs
steeped in daisies and moonlight.
I swallowed a lake once,
flush with goldfish gliding through water like air,
their gills brimming with faux carnelian, cheap opulence.
in the early hours of night,
I become light-minded, wild and free, as if I could put a
dampener on the banging copper in my head,
plunge through the clutter,
sloppy fruitlets peeling away in exsiccated peach.
come, sing to me your secrets
in persimmon lullaby,
chase after me
in the golden dawn that is awakening.
Sophia Zhang is a rising sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and is fourteen in age but five at heart. She has been weaving stories and poems in her head since the dawn of time and is absolutely ecstatic to share them with others. Besides writing, Sophia spends her days playing piano, volleyball, or watching her favorite TV show on Netflix.
orange impressions
like a jam,
like a confiture of apricots,
a compote of clementines,
an orange rind lost, then refound on the tablecloth—
I sit sticky, clinging
onto supple-stoned earrings of
polished sterling and silver backs
steeped in daisies and moonlight.
I swallowed a lake once,
flush with goldfish gliding through water like air,
their gills brimming with faux carnelian, cheap opulence.
in the early hours of night,
I become light-minded, wild and free, as if I could put a
dampener on the banging copper in my head,
plunge through the clutter,
sloppy fruitlets peeling away in exsiccated peach.
come, sing to me your secrets
in persimmon lullaby,
chase after me
in the golden dawn that is awakening.
Sophia Zhang is a rising sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep and is fourteen in age but five at heart. She has been weaving stories and poems in her head since the dawn of time and is absolutely ecstatic to share them with others. Besides writing, Sophia spends her days playing piano, volleyball, or watching her favorite TV show on Netflix.