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Autumn Nights

August 30, 2018
By MrNoName BRONZE, South Mills, North Carolina
MrNoName BRONZE, South Mills, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
People are like books. Some are short, sweet, and simple. Others, pull you in with every word. They make you laugh, and cry. You hold them close on rainy days, and stay up with them on late nights. Even when your finished reading through the pages. You still keep them around because they inspire you.


Looking at a tree through a glass window. Watching it sway, move, and drop leaves, as the wind tells it to. Turns me into a child. A child that would fear the dark. That would try and stare endlessly at the nightlight trying to fall into a brighter sleep. A child that couldn't seem to get good dreams anymore. So they would crawl upon their parent's bed, and watch the blinds move,  forming dancing snakes. Dancing snakes that guarded the outside. Guarded the trees. Trees that knocked on the window. Asking to come in. Sometimes the trees became witches. Sometimes the trees became dragons, but the trees never came from behind the dancing snakes. Watching the endless battle continue. He would drift off to sleep better than any number of sheep. By morning they were just trees, obeying the orders of the wind. Swaying, moving, and dropping leaves.


The author's comments:

I drift off in class more than I should, and I always end up staring at trees. Watching them prepare for Autumn. It reminds me of watching trees when I was younger. Through my parents bedroom when I couldn't sleep. I would always imagine every part of thier room was moving, and protecting me. It helped me sleep better then trying to count sheep, and warm milk. 


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