My Heart is a Streetlight Alexis Eggenberger

My Heart is a Streetlight

My heart is a streetlight. They never get noticed, but they still light the world around you. It may not seem important in the time being, but the second I disappear, and the world goes dark, you will miss how I lit your way. The moment the world becomes dark around you, and the lines separating you and total destruction become faded, you will think of me again. You will miss when I was there, but I'm tired of being forgotten. My light has faded. The anger in me festered, as I watched your melancholy face drive past, day after day. Your face never held the smile I love; you left me to light this sad world on my own, and without me, you let it tear you down again. You are right back to where you were when I first found you alone, drowning in your own self-pity. But I'm not getting you out of it again. I will light my own way from now on.

Alexis Eggenberger, Grade 11 William Kelley High School, Silver Bay Teaching Artist: Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre