Flowers and Weeds
Who decided what’s a weed?
Who decided who is ugly?
And who is beauty queen?
These days I do believe
that one foolish bystander
-by flipping coins and rolling dice-
created all these standards.
What
a price
we pay
for yesterday’s
Folly.
MYA SCHRODER is a high school senior attending UAA through the AMCS program. This is her first year in Alaska and so far she loves it here! When she’s not enjoying the beautiful scenery that Anchorage has to offer, she loves to read and, of course, write poetry.