Conner Miller age 14 Holmes High School Cedar Falls, Iowa
The Darkness That Is Me I am from cornstalks. From the shadows of the night and the angels of the sunrise. I’m from that first broken Fender to the shot-gun blast heard ‘round the world. I’m from the scream of a million voices and the ear shattering sound of silence. I’m from a chariot of bones and a group of crows. I’m from nine symbolic masks and a dead bassist. I’m from a creative mind and not so creative parents. I’m from the River Styx and the River Jordan. I’m from the super-hero father turned villain. I’m from sneakers and t-shirts. I’m from the poems I write to the poems that write me. I’m from a Seven Nation Army and a Master of puppets. I’m from alpha and omega. From a spirit world and an open door. From the twilight zone and the other-side. I’m from the mills and the open fields. I’m from a city of evil with lightning flashing and thunder crackling in the distance.
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