My Dawn

Cover artwork by Richard Guzman

Richard Guzman

December 27, 2016

Department: Poetry

Issue: The Heroic Spirit

Stuck between two roads

One of light

One of dark

I must make a choice with heavy heart

What to do

Should I move?

Can’t I stay?

No!

A choice

They ask and it must be clear

Both roads call

Each in one ear

But sick of both

I finally scream

Neither!

Just let me be

And walk away

For now I’m strong

I’ll walk my path

My road to dawn.

Richard Guzman is a 9th grader in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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