This year in English class I was assigned a project to create a representation of a transcendental event I lived through.  I wrote a poem depicting an Outward Bound backpacking and canoeing trip I experienced.  This trip was such a physically and socialy difficult time, but after adgusting, I had some of the most awakening moments of my life.  In my poem, I write about one memorable day of my two week journey that was especially amazing: hiking up mountains with 60 lbs on my back, braving a brutal thunder storm, and actually walking through clouds as the highlight.  My teacher, my classmates, and my uncle, who is a college English professor, were all shocked I could write a poem this vivid.  They all gave me the best responses I’d ever received on a piece of writing.