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Afterlife

January 12, 2021
By ariana_herman1 BRONZE, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
ariana_herman1 BRONZE, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever."- Anthony Doerr


In Underland

one’s mind, body, and spirit 

is altered to a moment in time

when inner magic glowed at its

brightest. 

For one last time the traveler

can interact with that 

moment. 

To savor it 

forever.


To her, this moment was 

when she met her match. 

The only one who ever 

understood her. 

The only one who ever

knew her. 

The only one who ever

cared for her. 


Together they explored Underland

in their own magical ways. 

Dancing on stars and 

flying to the moon,

their Underland trajectory was 

An unyielding path. 


But Underland has a time limit.

All good things always

come to an end.

Her match’s hand dropped

from hers

and reached for the light. 


If only she had seen death’s hand

reaching back, maybe

things would be different. 

Their years together

cut unexpectedly short

and the past vanished

in an instant- too young, too blind.


As the graphic glimpses of reality 

sank into her mind,

the magic started

silently slipping from her soul

and she disappeared from Underland 

forever. 


The author's comments:

I wrote this piece to describe the feeling of missing someone you lost. In this piece, the person who lost a part of them can travel to a place where they get to spend one last moment with their loss and get the closure they feel they need. 


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Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Apr. 25 2021 at 8:27 pm
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me

This is a heartbreaking, sound, mature, and beautiful piece of writing.