Poetry by Matthew Ryan Bees

Edited by Cai Pasco

I stare at the sky with the shapeless clouds 

They change and move with the wind at their back

Some shaped like letters some like animals 

Such simple things make me feel so many emotions

Happiness sadness and a mixture of more

An emotional rollercoaster; this is the tour 

Welcome to my mind this is a theme park

Feel the highs and lows as the journey begins

You feel so high like the air thins 

Harder to breathe, easier to smile,

The ride ends as quickly as it started. 

The nervousness remains in the pit of your heels

The butterflies of a person you admire 

Rip apart your stomach like bubbles in a soda 

Gently ticklish but escalates quickly 

Until you’re surrounded and grounded 

In your own head 

Forming the words is like speaking in tongues 

One sight will take the breath from your lungs 

That’s just my advice, here’s my first warning, beware of it twice 

If it happens once, it will happen again 

Let your heart be free, don’t care about the when 

Move forward and the rest will follow

I promise soon your heart will not be so hollow