UHS Honorable Mention: The Storm - Anna Nichols

I am Anna Nichols, a senior at Academy of the Holy Names. I enjoy writing in many ways but especially creative writing in my Topics in Literature class.

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Drapes blow in stormy breeze like butterflies in spring air

Anger joins, increasing rapidity of the aggressive, pounding rain

Restless, raging rain beats the windows, unable to enter

Barricade shell, block and protect, lock out the world

Fear keeps the rain at bay

Fear protects from the screaming storm

Closed off in a bubble

Walls keep out storms of others

Stay quiet, never let a storm in

Silence is preferred

My own storm rages