Who's Afraid of Who?

If aliens exist,

no wonder they stay

away from us.

Our world is filled

with so much

hatred and violence.

Olivia McGuire

Memories of New Orleans

live music

the smell of beer

streets filled with crowds

rot iron gates

Beignets

dimly lit old taverns

carriage rides

 historic buildings

shotgun houses

po boy sandwiches 

fancy restaurants

dark and quiet cobblestone streets 

plantation homes

fried oysters

street artists and poets

graveyards

vampires and ghosts

Olivia McGuire

road trip

Whenever I go on a road trip
I think of all the people I'll never know
all the places I've yet to go
Whether I'm driving through the country,
the desert, or the forest trees
I'm spellbound --excited--at all I see
I think I could ride on and on
just as long as I've got gas and melodic songs

Olivia McGuire

A Life of Dreams and Illness

I day dream a lot

of places I've never seen,

lives I'll never lead,

and things I'll never do.


Olivia McGuire