Walked in the shadows.
Couldn't find the light.
Fell into an abyss.
Couldn't fight gravity.
Went through an erie tunnel.
Couldn't find the end.
I weeped. I cried. I sobbed.
Couldn't find my smile.
Got stuck in quick sand.
Kicked and screamed and I sank.
I was burried.
Thought I was gone.
Thought I was under.
But I was not.
I had just been planted.
I didn't have to crawl out.
I just grew.


-Jennifer DeAngelo
Copyrighted 2016