Gabriel P. Albright
Waking Up
Submitted by Gabe The Whirli... on November 13, 2008 - 11:51.Waking Up
By Gabriel P. Albright
Mount Mansfield Union High School, Grade 12
Because
It was vacation and
Because
We were all together again and
because it snowed for the first time this year we
went outside. Oblivious to
Chill frost's breath in
Our pink ears and
Icy bundles of soft snow in
Our naked palms and
Frozen fingers. We
Slid
In wet sneakers and
Rolled
In white-powdered sweatshirts and
Got as snowy as we could so that
Our rosy cheeks and
Watering eyes
Could have been just as much
from the snow
as from our joy.
The Beetle
Submitted by Gabe The Whirli... on October 6, 2008 - 11:31.My feet stood in a shroud of dust,
And my eyes were pensive
In the melancholy sun of an August afternoon.
Nestled in among the pebbles
On the side of the road
A brilliant sapphire,
Dropped from the finger
Of some foreign noble lady,
Lay gleaming amidst the earth and stone.
I flipped it over with a stick
And wondered, as it scurried away,
Whether it would ever know
That I saved its life
