rylee.mclam@oxbowhs.org

If I could go back in time and change one thing I have many things that come rushing to my mind but one sticks out in particular. I was in second grade and for many years I would ride my horse in shows.

Where am I?
I’m trapped.
I see monsters,
Big,
Black,
Scary monsters. 
Is this going to be the end?
I must escape.
But how?
Is this really happening? 
Can I really do this.
I must.

When I close my eyes 

My mind goes blank.

All my jumbled up thoughts,

Those thoughts,

They leave my head.

That space where I was stressing about anything

It’s blank.

    There is good in everybody. Boost. Don’t knock. Everyone is good at something different. Don’t bring someone down if they aren’t as good at something that you are.

If not now,

When?

When will I get to see, 

The sunsets in California.

When will I get to hear,

The morning birds

In the Bahamas.

When will I get to smell,

I feel alive when I'm riding my horse. That feeling when there is nothing in my way. Nothing holding me back. The cold breeze against my face as we run through an open field. The smell of horse filling the air.