wake, look, prepare: curl dress choose pack drive, think, listen dream reflect notice meditate lock, walk, prepare: sign-in type write clean organize copy whole-punch email release Welcome, Welcome, Welcome: teach talk laugh redirect repeat several times each hour Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye: rearrange clean organize drive, think, listen, see, really see
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.
Arms outstretched, I twirl my skirt flies ballooning into perfect waves I tilt my chin towards the blue parachute above me Daffodils Buttercups Roses Petunias Me
I walk through the drizzling leaves and make a wish on each leaf as if it were a shooting star. The wind sweeps through us
Note: I wrote this in late December right before I moved into my first house! I remember when I moved back to the DC area