C o n t r a s t i n g

I'm surrounded by sharks

yet I'm on land

I'm chased by mammoths

yet they're extinct

I'm falling through the air

yet my feet are on the floor

I'm choking on the ocean

yet I am dry

I'm in a safe place

yet I fear for my life and the lives of others

I'm in the dark

yet the sun is high and it burns my skin

I'm

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Calico Frost

VT

13 years old

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  • Who am I?

    Who are you, you ask? Why, that's an incredibly good question. I don't know. I ask myself that every day, and I still don't know who I am. I don't know who I want to be, or what I want to do when I grow up.

  • The creatures

    The albatross watched from high above

    at the calico cat slinking across the forest floor, a view of the situation from the ground among the trees and undergrowth

    the queen bee flitting around, ordering her subjects