Winter

Snow drifts around your face like a soft curtain covering the world.
The tree branches dip and sway under the weight of the silvery snow.
Everything is quiet.
Muted.
There's no sound except the soft rhythm of your breath through your scarf.
The cool air coats your eyelashes as you sigh out happily,
and you tip back your head to catch a snowflake on the tip
of your tongue.
 

Roller Girl

VT

13 years old

More by Roller Girl

  • The Dream

    The closet door creaks open partially
    I look towards it, and look away
    It's nothing
    It creaks open, all the way
    I tiptoe over.
    In my closet is...
    A tunnel.
    There is a tunnel.
    In my closet.
  • Music

    Music is the seagulls squawking on the beach
    Music is the sound of thunder crashing and rain falling
    Music is the laughter of my friends and I
    Music is my feet crunching in dry fall leaves
    Music is birds chirping and bees buzzing
  • Skating


    I glide across the rink
    a bolt of lightning
    a bead of power
    flowing
    determined
    I am a swan

    I soar down the ice
    smiling
    but serious 
    strong
    yet graceful
    I am a swan

    I loop around the rink