The Looking Glass Volume 36 | Page 19

Kayla Ventura, Grade 12

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Written by Teji Vega

Read by Taurin Wimberly

I can feel the summer night,

The aura of the possessive heat

As it creeps up from underneath your shirt.

There is an everlasting sensation.

The twilight hours are near

As I am a prisoner in an everlasting limbo.

I wonder why I try to escape,

Escape from a paradise in hell.