62nd and Lex
Warm breezes envelop my face
As I glide effortlessly along the road
Worries vanish into the thick, summer air.
Night sets in and the stars emerge
Greeting me like old friends
Music blares.
My heartbeat slows
A wide grin blooms across my face
KAYLA ROMANELLI
Lexington Avenue blanketed in a
shroud of late April showers,
New York’s drab, dirty pavement
transformed into sheets of slick silver.
springtime, noonish, Mother and i seated
at our favorite table, in our favorite diner.
staring out of a second story window at
a sea of celerity and little black umbrellas.
gray clouds, gray buildings, mist perspired
from hot asphalt, murky puddles and people
who sloshed through them as they sought
refuge from the weeping sky, all gray.
crowded streets full of chaos, void of life.
us, a dot, teeming with life in an empty restaurant.
thin tendrils of auburn hair clung to her face with
the rain’s moisture, a droplet slid down her cheek.
she pushed past me, i could smell rainwater
and Angel perfume wafting from her body.
i tried to grasp it so that i might always have
her with me, but i couldn’t seem to hold on.
i’m still trying to catch one last scent
of old perfume and rain.
still trying to remember how close the sky
felt from Mother’s shoulders.
The Road
MADDY SNYDER
Serenity.
Lyrics pour out of my mouth
Like a running faucet
Free.
Free from the barracks of my mind
That detain me
Electrified.
Noises fill the night sky
Chirping crickets, whispering winds, a purring car engine
Exhale.
I soak up my surroundings
As I follow the road home.
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N OR TH AL L E GHE NY SC HOOL DI STRI C T NE WS
Maddy Snyder is a senior at North Allegheny High School
and has always loved English class and writing poetry and
stories in her free time. She plans on going to college to
study something in the fields of fashion merchandising,
business, and journalism. Maddy plays field hockey and is
the co-captain of the NA team this year. Additionally, she
has designed and constructed her own outfits for the NASH
Fashion Club Fashion Show for four years.
Nor th Allegheny
Kayla Romanelli is a senior at North Allegheny High School.
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