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"little miss sunshine"!
"little miss sunshine"!
Jessie took the 2022 FA creative writing course taught by professor Joel Friedrich.
Jessie loves both watching any kind of sport and playing sports. She played lacrosse in high school and was inspired by the excitement of the sport. 🥍
She loves listening to British English accents although she was born and raised in Australia, and plans to study abroad in the UK for a year.
She aims to be like the character from Mr Men and little miss, "little miss sunshine" 🌞.
Butterflies
Butterflies
Fluttering
seeking nectar
Wings white so tender
Cupped hands capture you
You fidget
You midget
I regret
Pleads for Freedom
Not until you please me
Each flap
Fear arises
Tickling my palm
Flickering
The switch of morality
Click
The Sky
Blue as paint
Makes you faint
As You fly
To the sky
Leaves dust
Leaves rustle
Wings subtle
Daisies dance with delight
An image that haunts
An image that haunts
Bubbles come and go.
From my lungs to the surface of the ocean.
Wonders come and go.
Is my life going to end here, in the seas of Okinawa
Salty water sting my eyes as I float up to the surface where the palm trees await.
The pain of the water entering each of my nostrils
Senses come back to me every now and then
Bringing me fear of death
Desperate to leave this memory along with the goggles that still sleep beside the corals of Okinawa
The closest moment I was near death
Waiting for a parcel to arrive gives me the same vibes as Christmas.
The delivery men look like Santa Claus, only not in red suits.
The background music of the cafe gives me a mood as if I am a whole new person. I glance outside and see red maples swaying in the cold autumn breeze, waving as if to greet me.
The sound of the waves, the footprints leading to where we sit. On driftwood, waiting for either to say the words “we should go”.The sand has dried up on my bare feet, which could be a cue to go back to the car, but we still sit there gazing at the water. Sandy car, salty clothes, rusted necklace, white seashells.
A Small Twist
Jessie was inspired by the legendary story of the "Tatsuko Stature" which stands in Lake Tazawa. This piece is a fictional story based on the tale of Tatsuko. (This link will bring you to the actual story of Tatsuko. )
-There was a saying, "one's hope will come true if they drink water from the northern fountain".
Tatsuko stared at her reflection against the northern fountain mentioned in the legend. She realized how long she had been doing so when the full moon above her had almost faded into twilight.
She finally reached into the fountain and brought the water to her mouth. She took a huge gulp and felt her organs tensing as the cold liquid filled her stomach.
She suddenly became so thirsty that she lay down beside the fountain on her stomach and surprisingly drank all the water in the fountain until the last drip of holy water.
Tatsuko had become a huge dragon, which is said to still live at the bottom of lake Tazawa.
Her fiance visited the lake every year after she disappeared, and tossed a bundle of ivies into the lake. Ivies are known to mean "Eternal Love" in flower language.
Even to this day, we are able to see the beautiful ivies around the lake, which her fiance sent to Tatsuko along with his passionate love for her.
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