Reach | Young Writers Project

Jan 22

Danyliej

Grasp The Moon

If only I could reach a little further… I’d grasp the moon in my hands and give it to you. I’d let you hold it near, and dear to that adoring heart of yours. If only I could reach a little farther I’d reach up and cradle the sun in my arms till I could hand it to you. Till you needed a little something else to brighten up your day. You’d ask for the world and this was all I could give. If only I could reach a little farther…

Posted: 01.22.20

Jan 22

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Danyliej

Frantic

My heart thumped and bumped against my rib cage, needing to get out, needing to escape. Attempting to race away like I only wished I could do. The footsteps neared closer and closer. my heart now seemed to sink into my stomach then only to get caught in my throat, which is what I wish my scream would have done. The door handle rattled and the floorboards creaked. I couldn’t break free, the ropes around me seemed to wrap around me tighter, and tighter till I could no longer move. I frantically glanced around the dark, shadow shrouded room. And there it was… My way out of here if only I could reach a little farther…

Posted: 01.22.20

Dec 27

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Inkpaw

just a little farther

my world is fading
if only I could reach a little farther
I could touch the sky
and learn to fly
with these broken wings of mine
if only i could reach a little farther
with my outsretched arms
and graze your soul
with my aching fingers
to let you know
I'm still here
if only I could reach a little farther
to pull myself up
and out of this hole
the pit in my stomach
the dread in my heart
if only I could reach a little farther
I just might be able to make it out of the dark.

Posted: 12.27.19

Dec 26

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zazu

reaching up

The snow has melted, and the ground is bear and dry. Crumpled, delicate, leaves get blown across cracked dirt roads. Their autumn color now faded into a subtle and drab brown. The sky looms overhead, a pail, blue, with scattered gray clouds and the sun that peaks out from behind as the clouds travel slowly across the horizon. Everything appears still and undisturbed. The trees stand tall and unmoved as the sharp, frigid wind wind blows against their cracked, raw, branches that are speckled with different shades and reaching outwards in any direction away from their trunks. Some of the branches at the tops of the trees look as if they are thin fingers reaching for the sky. Stretching up, up, up...

Posted: 12.26.19

Nov 30

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Treblemaker

If Only I Could Reach A Little Farther

if only I could reach a little farther...
then i would have reached the remote
without spilling my cup of tea.
this way i would not have burned by hand...and lept out of my chair.
So The chair would not have fell backwayrd...scaring my cat
and my cat would not have tried to climb
the christmass tree...and the tree would not have fell into
into a bowl of punch...and my grandma would not have thought
the red juice was a fire
(she was startled and her glasses fell off)
And my brother would not have grabbed
the fire extinguisher
And sprayed the tree with white foam.
And my dad would not have started spraying water on everyone
and forgot he had lasania in the oven
so the fire extunguisher might not have come on
and further sprayed our house with water.
If only I could reach a little farther...

Posted: 11.30.19

Nov 22

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cp.theresa

Indecisive

INDECISIVE

If only I could reach a little farther

Out of my comfort zone

Then I wouldn’t be an introvert.

I would be a butterfly.

If only I could reach a little farther,

I could have more friends.

If only I could reach a little farther,

My secrets would fly free.

But if I reached a little farther,

I could meet some traitors.

If I reached a little farther,

I could shed more tears.

If I reached a little farther,

I would be different.

So what I’m saying is,

I could reach a little farther,

But I’m not sure I should.

I wish I could reach a little farther.

Posted: 11.22.19

Aug 16

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CecyRavenclawFi...

Nothing

The universe is ever expanding.
But what is it expanding into?
Nothing, you’ll say,
But even nothing is something.

I wonder if it was peaceful
Before the universes’ collision?
Were the stars welcomed as light?
Or did they burn the Nothing as fire?

I’ll keep trying to reach those stars.
If only I could reach a little farther...

Posted: 08.16.19

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