9 weeks at long last
the finale is so close
Light at the end–shine!
Fourth Quarter here, now
dream2write relax and breathe
It’s time to use it all now:
Balance, presence, peace
Enjoy this time as it comes
See the true light shine
Others are not your–
Responsibility
let the test scores be as they may
Believe in yourself
love it–your finale
Passionately
Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer who lives in the Washington DC area. She blogs, writes poetry, and fiction. She is also an English teacher who believes that our experiences teach us more than any test. She is the founder and co-editor of Good Little Girls.
Illustration by Sonia Chintha I They came for you like screaming red bulls, ravenous for the win. You held them off with picks and jabs
The day I secured my belief that heterosexual boys and girls can’t be friends because there would always be sexual tension, I was twenty-two, watching
With a deep inhale of fresh paper, I exhale the last two weeks i scan the room, find the familiar signs, the wall of titles