Alessia Prenda

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ā€œGo on, Calliopeā€ by Alessia Prenda

Submitted to Contest #226

High amid the myriad Douglas fir, Iā€™m perched by a wooden aerie, scanning the skies with voracious enthusiasm. In stark contrast to my heart lies the world in repose. All is still as Gaia yawns, renewed, apart from the babbling brook below and the rustling vegetation above. Cruelly ironic, Gabriel scribbles on some composition pad beside me, on the dehydrated, stained ancestors of the surrounding wood, booming with vitality. I open my mouth to scold his violent transmission of thought, but the Earth, clever as always, does so for me, with a ...

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Hi! I'm a college student who just likes to write in her free time :) My favorite musical is Waitress in case anyone likes it and wants to geek out about it together haha.