Two Poems by Jaden Stafford

Dark Cloud

By Jaden Stafford

How selfish, dark cloud…

to be grieved by the flowers you left.

Found withered and frail,

because you stayed away far too long.

No amount of rain can supply tears of

salted love in hopes to restore this

garden’s dependency on you.

The sun was never meant to bear this

burden alone but death comes when love

is overdue.

-j.s

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By Jaden Stafford

Feeling alone is real,

being alone is not.

Everyone looks up at the same sky;

we’re all wrapped in the same blanket of stars.

Take comfort in knowing that

somewhere someone is looking

at the same moon.

-j.s