Shopping Cart
    items

      ←

      August 21, 2021Paper PeopleNatalie Friis

      If there was a paper me
      And there was a paper you,
      We would be paper people
      With a new point of view.
      Paper people would be fragile
      A wrong grasp would cause a tear.
      Paper people would be so light
      The breeze could blow them anywhere.
      Paper people would be simple
      Their skin plain and white
      But paper people would give paper cuts
      That wouldn’t bleed quite right.
      Money would be paper too
      It would still be thin and green
      But somehow more important
      Than the paper people’s needs.
      The paper people
      Need a paper economy
      And with the paper empire
      Comes paper poverty.
      Paper people would always find a way
      To fold into paper airplanes
      In order to escape
      From the paper people’s brains.
      Even in a paper world
      Paper people are ripped apart
      The only way to love people
      Is to love a paper person’s heart.

      from 2021 RYPA

      Natalie Friis (age 15)

      Why do you like to write poetry?

      “I enjoy poetry because it is another art form to read and write. Like music, dancing, and painting, it can almost be considered performing and I love how so much of poetry can be left to interpretation.”

      →