over the sinister earth the earth
that i once called home home
where weight was black like ink
the only weight i want to feel
is that of the clouds
the fluffy careless clouds
that flow along with silky wind
the wind that will ruffle my feathers
with freedom
freedom, where i sing the songs of the sky
the sky that has no limits
no limit of liberation
liberation that i crave from a dark hole
a dark hole where i have been kept in for too long so long
that i forget there is a sky
So I will ascend I
ascend from the mountain of pain
Pain I that I was engulfed in for too long
Straight like an arrow I pierce the sky
The sky that has been waiting for me too long
Free like a bird I am.
--Rajkiran J., 9th-12th Grade