Autumn 2008

I Can Remember

    I can clearly
        remember
            the monster...
the
    urge
       the
    want
   the
need
    I remember
        the burn,
            when the monster
                stuck
its
    big
       ugly
head out.
    The feeling
        of a
crash
a
fall
the
sting.
    I remember the
buzz
the
lift
the
high
points,
    just to fall down even
        harder.
            I can remember the
running,
hiding,
faking,
    that masked me
         completely.
            I can remember...
               but I'd rather forget.

- Erin VanBrocklin, grade 8