A whisper......where am I?
A flicker of change somewhere among the depths of unknown.
Why am I here?
The whisper tells of days when I was nothing but happy,
when I was simple enough to know not what was within.
For I had no within.
Deep in the darker fathoms of my soul,
beyond the childhood laughter of yesterday
and the sweetness that each day brought,
like the brushing of baby's breath against your cheek,
I long for the simplicity that embraced me before I arrived within.
I knew, even as I slipped helplessly into the shadows in which I now dwell,
that I would not return; it was no use for me to cry for help.
But the flicker - the flicker of change.
Sometimes I believe or imagine that it is a ray of light penetrating through the
darkness, and that one day, when I am ready,
it shall guide me to a place even beyond this darkness.
Maybe then I will long for these shadows.
But until I am ready, until that ray of light
is more than just imagination, I shall wander within.

Age Group 17-19