ramblings
Ellie Wilkie
i like old places
forgotten places
where grass grows high
and creatures lurk
adventure
surprise
places just mine
i like secrets
cradled in wood
kept secrets but for me
ancient houses
with dusted books
all about on the floor
big empty spaces
with room to run
i like stones amassed together by hand
hands that live on in my head
and heads that live on through their words
i like the feeling of being someplace where i’m inconsequential
surrounded by something greater
history
a story
i like the way moonlight looks on old roads
or the way sunlight looks on fallen boards
painting pictures that change every day
i like old things
i like you the same way.
Ellie Wilkie is a writer studying English and political science at The University of Virginia. Her poetry and prose has been published in Winged Nation, The Karaux, and The Blue Review. She has written scripts for TOB Comedy Troupe and Voices of Now, Arena Stage Mead Ensemble. She enjoys satire, snark, allegory, and work that is written to be shared aloud.
