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Grew up loving the sky and the smell of old library books.

Stubborn.

Addicted to reading and that weightless millisecond on a plane half grounded

and half suspended in flight.

In search of cities with skyscrapers and flickering neon lights

and empty street intersections, open fields and open skies.

Proud.

Wants to stand there beneath the yellow streetlights that blot out the sky

and wish for the edge of the world anyways.

Hopeful pessimist.

Aches at sunrises and sunsets, twilights and dawns,

freeways and deserted playgrounds.

Cynical.

Too often remembers scraped knees and see-saws,

slides and peppermint curiosity and imagination,

squeaky red tricycles and hop scotch, sandboxes and waxy crayons

and jump ropes and storybooks.

Has frayed secondhand dreams and splintered chalk on the sidewalk for words.

Teenager.

Longs for electricity and adrenaline, pounding hearts and quick pulses.

Lost in this big, crazy world but hopes to one day

dance with closed eyes and an open heart.

Unsure.

Loves the wind and the rain, sun and moon and stars.

Believes in words and you.

Undefined.