2014

I want to be
                a little godlier,
                                    a little smarter,
                                                         and a little nicer.
I want to think
                    a little more about others
and
     a little less about me.

I want to think
                     a little more with my head,
and
     a little less with my heart.

2013
       was
a
       big
year.

I'd
    like
a
   little
one.

Tomorrow

There's a beast at the door.
It's come here before,
though not so persistent as this,
and I fear it will bore
its way through the floor,
and offer an animal's kiss.

All the windows are barred,
but I've found it's hard
to keep out a beast so enthused,
and I've often been scarred,
and had my home marred
by the weapons I've had to use.

But I'm safe for the night.
The door is shut tight
against beasts, and wind, and sorrow.
I will wait for the light,
and then I will fight,
for it will get in tomorrow.

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Bit of a different rhyme scheme from most of my other stuff. My next poem, ya'll, will be the size of a children's book (think 'Where the Wild Things Are', probably longer), and I've already been working on it for what feels like forever, so hopefully it won't take much longer!