As the evenings got darker
And the days got colder
We became closer
As the leaves were whisked away
We began online school days
And became inseparable
Every day we would play in my backyard
Just the six of us
Without a care in the world
We were affected by a global pandemic
But if you looked at our faces
You would see hope shining in our eyes.
-Lucy
Posted in response to the challenge PAST CONTESTS: Autumn '24: Writing. See Award Winners and All Submissions.
I close the windows
Lock the doors
Turn off the lights
I don’t ever want to leave this room.
I am tired of drowning
In a world
That has never prepared me to swim.
There are ten days left until the first day of my freshman year,
And I am fearful.
Fearful of drowning under the thrashing waves,
For I have been taught to survive
but never to truly live.
One day,
you will feel pain so excruciating it becomes abstruse. You will feel numb, detached from the world, lost in a void of darkness.
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