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Fight the Fear Scholarship Slam


Slippery soggy soil,

Brushing bruttle wind, 

Here I stand. 

Years of tear and toil, 

My breaking branches 

And seaping sap 

Here I stand.

Weather.

Years. 

Growth,

And bloom

Here I stand. 

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Juiette Lyon

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