Silent Tantrums

Elizabeth Helmich
1 min readApr 9, 2020
Photo by Lia on Unsplash

Stillness collects in a puddle.
Drip. Ripple. Repeat.
Leaves need no instruction.

I make boats out of paper
until they become cranes
large enough to fly us away

to where there is a sky
so rich and full of adjectives
that I’d love to tell you

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Elizabeth Helmich

Holes and a series of rabbits — my debut poetry collection — now available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089RRRGXX/