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Sarah Lee<\/em><\/h4>\n

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I wanted to touch the sky once<\/span><\/p>\n

So you lifted me up<\/span><\/p>\n

As high as you could\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My tiny hands<\/span><\/p>\n

Grasped the air\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I felt like a God<\/span><\/p>\n

Birthed of myth not flesh\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On your shoulders\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Sun bowed to me<\/span><\/p>\n

The Moon sang for me\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And the Stars danced between my fingers\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Today<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to touch the sky again\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But I have no one to hold me now<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Sarah Lee<\/strong> 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.”<\/p>\n

Sarah wrote this poem in a course taught by Richard Murray, who selected the piece for inclusion in WHR<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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