The Eve of a New Beginning – Autumn Granroth On the eve of a new beginning I watch life pass me by A few wondrous months before committing August comes and I will cry A sister kidding, a father forgiving, a mother reminiscing When I look around I take a big sigh Yesterday is thinning, tomorrow is grinning It is a bittersweet thing to say goodbye A new journey unfolds, an adult I am becoming May first marks a date in which I must reply A distance between us I will be living Though my heart holds them close by A clock is ticking in anticipation of Thanksgiving In a few short months our reunion is nigh
The Friend I Used to Have – Erin Sullenberger We were two impeccably normal girls She, a brunette, with a kind demeanor Me, a happy kid, decked with blond curls. We were always together – I loved her. I would dance with her – my closest of friends, I would confide in her for five straight years. The friendship we shared had no right to end, But circumstances must always appear. Four years passed – I went south to visit her. I hesitantly met her at the door. She had stringy blue hair and wore a fake fur, She spoke strangely, and I looked to the floor. I said, “You look odd, and you act so, too.” She replied, “It’s not me who changed – it’s you.”
COVID It all stopped in March, There were no endings, Or beginnings, just end.
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