Empty Space

It’s over

they’ve left

their farewell party has ended

the streamers lying in crumpled heaps on the ground

the paper chains that had once hung on the walls have fallen,

crushed by multiple pairs of shoes,

some of which will never touch this place again.

It’s quiet

the excited, frantic sign my yearbook!s gone

left with empty space

of what used to be

but not anymore.

Not many tears has been shed

just numb,

exhausted

quiet.

A whole year will go by

until we join them.

But right now

it's just empty space.

Calico Frost

VT

13 years old

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    It's cold out

    it's snowing

    falling slowly

    steadily

    reassuringly

    it brings a sense of calm

    the world has begun the process of renewing;

    once the snow melts

    it will be spring

    life will return

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    stark white against the grayish brown of stick season

    filling in the gaps between colorful fall and crisp winter

    well, fall and winter are both crisp

  • Yay snow!!!

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    ecstatic

    excited

    ready for winter

    eating it from the sky

    feeling your socks get soggy and wet and cold as you reach out your chilly arms

    it's snow

    I'm ready for it