
I don’t ever want to leave this poem
I could live here
Eating table scraps
Drinking words like water
I could live here
Sleeping under a blanket of lies
Breathing to the beat of a song
I could live here
Never forgetting the sun
But too scared
To greet it again.

Stuti Jain is 13 years old, lives in Wisconsin, and enjoys art and reading. Stuti is very grateful to be a part of this publication.
Arina Stetsiuk is a 12-year-old student from Kremenets, Ukraine, who lives with her parents, a dog, a cat, and her favorite blue parrot, Richy. Her house is next to the woods, so she enjoys the beauty of nature. Her little hometown, Kremenets, is located in the west of Ukraine and is surrounded by the Carpathian Mountains, which is why Arina loves drawing and painting whenever she has free time. Her hobbies also include crafts and drawing.
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