Lea Almahameed ’22 - Elated

Elated

by Lea Almahameed ’22

I see so many stars in the sky that it would take years to count. The night is clearer than it was yesterday. Grass pokes my legs, half-covered by our blanket. Strawberries lounge in their bowl, Our lips red from the color. My prized possession sits in my lap; We fight over who gets to use it first. The moon is so big I can reach out and touch it. The smell of strawberries float through my nose With summer air whispering through my hair, We look through the scope:

We are dancing on the rings of Saturn Sledding down the craters of the Moon We are running on the dunes of Mars Playing hopscotch on Venus We are rolling down the hills of Uranus Leap-frogging on Mercury We are swimming in the eye of Jupiter Flying through the clouds of Neptune

Using the sun as our light and the stars as our guide, Our elation accompanies us through the galaxies Every summer night