Balloons
but the days felt big.
They stretched out before me
like big, beautiful balloons,
just waiting to be popped.
Like a child,
sometimes I let one go;
a waste of something good,
but it certainly was eerily pretty
to watch float off into the ether.
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LAURA JO BARBER is a senior pursuing a Baccalaureate degree in Business Administration. Laura developed an interest in writing at a young age due to her love of reading. By finding inspiration in authors like Hemingway, Neruda, and Plath, she was able to grow her own writing style, and hopes to continue to do this as she moves forward.