“Division” by Megan McCullough ’18
The following poem by Megan McCullough ’18, written in Creative Writing class, was selected for publication by the national print magazine, Teen Ink, which has a circulation of half a million readers. The photograph, “Division,” if forthcoming in the print magazine Aerie International.
Shattering Ice
Crystal blue water lies beneath,
coated by a thin sheet of ice.
Faraway sounds
of wailing voices,
trapped under the glaze,
beg to escape.
I pinch my eyes closed.
Flashbacks of a little boy –
tear stricken,
his golden heart tainted as he falls,
cracking the ice.
Splintering wood pokes the toes
of the tinted blue feet
like an urging bayonet.
He takes a step.
I shiver.
The ledge is coming soon to rid of past scars
and we walk off,
shattering the ice,
then silence.