The Grape Vine Summer 2014 Edition | Page 18

APRIL 29, 2014 SECONDARY STUDENT MAGAZINE News from residents, The printed papers, Sent to all consumers, With every son and daughter Waiting to find the news of the day. ! “If a clock could count down to the moment you meet your soulmate, would you want to know?” ! ALL  I  COULD  EVER  THINK  ABOUT   WAS  THE  WATCH  ON  MY  WRIST.  THE   MOMENT  I  WOULD  FIND  HER,  THE  ONE   WHO  WOULD  BE  MINE  FOREVER  AND   ALWAYS.  THE  ONE  WHO  WOULD  ACCEPT   MY  FLAWS,  GROW  OLD  WITH  ME  AND   FOREVER  HOLD  MY  HAND.  THE  ONE  WHO   WOULD  COMPLETE  ME,  MY  SOUL  MATE.     AS  TIME  WENT  ON,  I  ONLY  GREW   MORE  AND  MORE  ANXIOUS;  THE  NUMBERS   ENGRAVED  ON  THE  TINY  CLOCK  FACE   SLOWLY,  BUT  SURELY,  TICKING  DOWN   TOWARDS  OUR  FATED  MEETING.  I   BELIEVED  WITH  ALL  MY  HEART  THAT   OUR  SYNERGY  WOULD  ONLY  MAKE  ME   STRONGER.  COUNTLESS  TIMES  I  HAD   SKEPTICAL  THOUGHTS.  WOULD  I  LOVE   HER?  WOULD  SHE  BE  WHAT  I  HAD  ALWAYS   HOPED  AND  DREAMED?  WOULD  SHE  LOVE  ME  BACK?  THESE  THOUGHTS  RACED   THROUGH  MY  MIND  AS  I  STARED  AT  MY  CLOCK  AND  WATCHED  IT  SLOWLY   COUNT  DOWN.   01:00.  TODAY  WAS  THE  DAY.   EBULLIENT   IMAGES   OF   ME   AND   A   FACELESS   PERSON   HOLDING   HANDS   ON   A   BEACH,   CUDDLING   ON   THE   COUCH,   HOLDING   OUR   FIST   BORN   CHILD   FLASH   BEFORE   MY   EYES.   HAPPINESS   CLOUDED   MY   JUDGEMENT   AND   AN   UNKNOWN   FORCE   PULLED   ME   FORWARD,   MY   EVERY   STEP   IN   TIME   WITH   MY   HEART  BEAT.     FASTER.   FASTER.     WWW.STANDREWSGREENVALLEY.COM !1 8