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Of Darkness and Warning

July 12, 2024
By LucySteward PLATINUM, New York, New York
LucySteward PLATINUM, New York, New York
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A dark presence is alive

Not today, not today

We may yet survive

Not today, not today

Child, rest your eyes

Not today, not today


A blanket of silence suffocates the forest

The leaves have shriveled,

as if shrinking away in fear

Not today, not today

No, he is not yet here


He’ll come in the dead of night

When the black flowers bloom

And the birds take flight

Oh, it will be soon


But not today, not today


The author's comments:

Lucy Steward is a high school junior in New York City. Her works have been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards and appeared in the Authoethnographer, Humans of the World, Poet’s Choice, Sad Girl Diaries, and Teen Ink. A writer,  poet, and lover of history she is currently working on her first novel and is constantly slipping into fantasies that feel as real as the world around her. Lucy is also a classically trained pianist, a songwriter, and in a rock band. As anyone does, she loves a good night's sleep.


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