MADNESS faded
backs away slumps
to the ground
stares
shakes
I can’t
I know. It’s wrong. we
shouldn’t be here.
we are.
terrible scene,
It’s like stories,
really mattered
darkness danger
you didn’t want to
be
happy?
the world the way
bad had happened?
(CONTINUED)
We have victory!
smiling.
the end, a passing
thing, shadow
the battle is over
DAY
The waters continue flowing destroying
the evil there…
darkness must pass. A new day
with wonder
will shine stand tall
Those were the stories
… that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why.
(CONTINUED)
Maddie Agne
Maddie Agne is a rising sophomore at the University of Michigan and LSWA-- she hails from Tennessee and majors in Creative Writing and Literature. She didn't formally add "poet" to her repertoire until coming to Michigan, but still hopes her poetry extends a warm (or cold) welcome to readers of Pause.
