by Portfolio Co-Editor on August 30, 2018
Poetry
by Marelle Hipolito ’21
It was many summers ago
Never forgotten, always remembered:
gut feeling of the end coming
before the snap
crack
and cry of pain, landing on impact
an injury so defeating there was no game to play
no win or lose, just over
a broken bone, a broken heart
impossible to put the pieces back together
It was many summers later
Thus set to the side, lowered of importance
Focused grit of beginning again
After the pick up
Put together
And laughs of love, standing and brushing off the dirt
An injury so defeating, yet defeated
Rematch
Healed bone, healed heart
Achieved through tape, tears, and friends