Grade
9
The Story
of
The
Golden
one
a young boy
wasn’t yet comfortable in his skin, and
wanted to be OK- better than OK- when he grew up
a struggling adolescent
wanted to escape childhood
Just be out of it. Be comfortable
By 13
he’d started to realize
fitting in
was
kind of
a
play
an
act
he
had
to
Give Up The Ghost
of
a dream of having
good feelings about
the Way
he
grew up
with
tough love
the equal
partner for the better part of two decades
Contest