People Poems · PHOTO-0532

Young Girl, Strong and Quiet

2025-07-13 · Miami

Original typewritten page for Young Girl, Strong and Quiet by Chris the Poet

Transcription

Young girl, strong and quiet, like the sun that pulls and warms all in silence, your twirls around that star burning bright determine your youngness in this world, but your soul is uncontained by notions of time and space, eternal thing, forever girl, hold the entire world like Atlas, but in your paln, you plant the world you imagine in your imagination and watch it grow, and watch you go, go and dance like no one is watching, and smile like we need your warmth, and frown, too, like we need your storms to grow with you like flowers and sprouts, young girl, strong and quiet,