by Grace O’Connor ’22 Smooth and sweet, the chocolate rolls around my tongue I see happiness and sunlight The warmness that makes me feel young As the little pieces of sugar melt on my tongue I run through the grass with glee Smelling the fresh flowers My long hair being whipped by the wind I […]
by Sarah Heavren ’21 O Math, you are so much more Than a subject students deplore. O Math, though done in pencil, You are truly transcendental. Some think it’s numbers and tests, But they don’t get to see the rest Of the wonder you possess As, through nature, you manifest. Some don’t give an equation, […]
by Gabriela Baron ’20 1. The vivid skirts of dancers Swaying and twirling in the wind 2. A morning star Bursting like fireworks in the gloomy sky 3. The pure happiness of a child Its petals spreading out into a grin 4. Midas’ fingers A golden touch radiating prosperity 5. A sprout from the earth […]
by Sarah Heavren ’21 Looking back, I wonder About the year I lived With every blunder. Did I have more to give? Looking back, I question Whether I did enough. In joy and depression Did I do the right stuff? Looking back, I ponder Some choices that I made. All the time I squandered Was […]
by Sarah Kirchner ’21 The night sky looked typical tonight, With those stars that appear to always be falling down. The stars that represented the thousands of lights in a town, The town that I constantly tried to ignore. They say that this is normal And that “normal” was the life I was meant to […]
by Sarah Kirchner ’21 I write to you to tell you that I’m always here. Whether I’m not physically there, or if I’m right by your side…. The silence is too loud for me to pretend. It hurts to know that I cause the pain and the distance. But loud and clear, I want to […]
by Grace O’Connor ’22 The blue water shimmering in the early morning sunlight My mother’s soft hand in mine The orange morning sun so bright Its warmness sinking into my skin making it shine My small feet sink into the sand as I look at the ocean in front of me The sun is covered […]
by Sarah Heavren ’21 I am a puzzle piece, I am uniquely shaped Which means I cannot fit Wherever I am placed. I have some rough edges, And my shape is not smooth. I have some points and gaps That make fitting hard, too. You didn’t seem to mind When you started to see My […]
by Jessica Polanco ’20 Our lips are the coastline Where she is the water And I am the sand And naturally, With every wave we meet Together we feel so perfect Marinating in each other’s touch Nurturing each other In a nutrient-exchanging dance Where with every step I fall more and more into a trance […]
by Kiley McMahon ’20 It rubs against the whole of my mouth, covering my perfect teeth, and my palat struck tongue. It continues downward, moving rapidly into my lungs, which are already weak, as they have collapsed, once before. It lines the whole of my rib cage, and then is excavated out of my small […]