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Away

Blow me away…
make me fly freely like a bird in a cloud
carry me away…
Fly to the end of the sky
where time flies with me
blow me away…
Show me the soul of the sky
where I will plummet down to a swift current
carry me away…
Tell me what the world wants of me
move me then
carry me away…
Away from the depths of night
to shimmering fog that resembles heavenly clouds to
blow me away…
carry me away…
And do nothing to stop me here
And do nothing to change me here
And do nothing to keep me here
And push me into the
depths of morning fog to show me
what I can be

Jenna Archer, Age 10 (2002 Finalist)
The Crowden School
Berkeley, California
Teacher: John Oliver Simon

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