Chapter 3: More Poems by Victoria

March 16, 2021
This poem is based on the idea of trying, not losing who you want to be or are.
Have Hope
Everything comes to an end.
Stars turn to dust, their wonderful gold-like glaze turns into faint black-like grime that is a cosmogyral, just floating through the universe.
People often float around the universe, their lives slowly ending… even the logophile’s words won’t last long.
Peace breaks too. No one can keep it, like kings in a shiny army…their friends slowly fall. While being as a person with irenic views, they are now war-loving. Their blood boils with rage.
But why does this circle not end?
Maybe it wasn’t supposed to be here in the first place
You must trust in your instincts and everything else you know
or you will come to an end
But you will not know if you do not try.

Victoria Bottner is a writer for the Westlake Observer. She loves to write, read, run, and does Krav Maga. She also likes all sports and tries to...