What I would give
to walk with you
through flowerbeds
and grass patches
into riverbeds
lined with stones
on great rocks
and canyons
within deep forests
sounding with bird songs
what I would give
is everything
Author: EKArts
Erin Knape is a University of Michigan junior majoring in psychology and minoring in creative writing. Her greatest passion has always been the arts, whether that be writing, painting, or photography. Capturing Campus, a weekly installment of poetry and photography, aims to capture campus life through artistic expression. Dive into Capturing Campus every Sunday!
Capturing Campus: April
In the Rain
an embrace
of exhilaration
as we run
the wind toys with my hair
and the thunder quakes my bones
rocking my head to sleep
I am smiling and heavy
happy and whole
in the thick of it
knowing the sun will come again
but it is good here
so let’s stay for awhile
Capturing Campus: April
Wonderful
splintering saplings
adrift soon apart
of something sorrowful
sounding absentmindedly
in the oak orchard
away from the city
near the stream
on the hill
where we were
wanton and wonderful
Capturing Campus: March
Shadow
can one recognize their shadow
and still be afraid
that it may one day walk off
split from the soul
leave one halved and carrying the weight
of such a loss
of the darkest parts of the self
Capturing Campus: March
After Party
loud party tight room shouting voices bright lights
the breeze brings me out into the o p e n air
running
walking
strolling
floating
breathing
being
Capturing Campus: March
Dreaming as a 10-year-old
before acceptance letters
and decision day
commencement speeches
and ceremonies
I thought of college as some mythical place
some mysterious paradise
of granted logic, satisfying meaning
somewhere of hope and possibility
which I know now doesn’t exist in full
but at least the buildings look like Hogwarts
from time to time
