Young Writers Project: 'Peace'

Vermont Public | By Anna Wahlin

Published February 8, 2019 at 2:18 PM EST

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This week’s Richmond, Vermont, poet Anna Wahlin puts words to the stormy resistance she feels walking uphill toward the better, brighter future.";

The snow swirls around me,
covering up my footprints
and leaving me stranded
in the colorless blizzard.
The cold bites at my bare skin,
turning it to a rosy red,
trying to take me over.
But my heart stays beating
like drums to a wild rhythm,
and the wind whistles like flutes.
A mini orchestra sings in my ears,
keeping me walking,
keeping me alive.
My journey continues;
my fight persists.
My destination?
Peace, for all the world to take in.