Touching the Sky

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Sarah Lee

 

I wanted to touch the sky once

So you lifted me up

As high as you could 

 

My tiny hands

Grasped the air 

I felt like a God

Birthed of myth not flesh 

On your shoulders 

The Sun bowed to me

The Moon sang for me 

And the Stars danced between my fingers 

 

Today

I wanted to touch the sky again 

 

But I have no one to hold me now

 

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Sarah Lee is a Class of 2027 SAS student who plans to declare her major in Criminal Justice. She writes, “Since childhood, I’ve always enjoyed writing stories, so I took creative writing as most classes use writing primarily for papers rather than exploration. Besides writing, I also like to listen to music, draw, and ruin my sleep schedule by taking long naps.”

Sarah wrote this poem in a course taught by Richard Murray, who selected the piece for inclusion in WHR.