We grew into angels on this asphalt

Childhood daring turned blood

to scabs

to reluctant caution

to restlessness

to blood once again

As plates converged and skin stretched

Our heads grew higher in pursuit of the stars

we gazed at while fighting sleep in the grass

We did not let go of one another

Our hands were hungry for something to hold on to

yet we leaped fences

ran, chasing chickadees

as one body

Olivia Sica

Age 17, Grade 11

Kutztown Area High School

Kutztown Area School District