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Summer of '07

May 28, 2015
By Anonymous

By the lake of camp Timberwood
Is where I began my story.
That is where we shared a childhood
Just us, Sarah and me.

At the camp I signed up for
I saw a girl as beautiful as the sky.
She was staring out on the shore
And I knew, that she needed to be mine.

I talked and talked until my voice was gone
And she refused me, like I knew she would.
I was the hunter, she was the fawn
By the lake of camp Timberwood.

As days seemed to go by
I was still, with no luck, invisible.
The closest words she said was “Hi”
I was so close, but still unable.

Every day at lunch time
Sarah eats at my table.
Except I didn’t see her at my side
Did I say something? Was I capable?


I search and search franticly
For my lost love.
There was Sarah, holding hands with Brad
Was I angry, mad? All of the above.

I drag my feet and mope back to my table
Lunch, still half eaten.
I was emotional unstable
My heart had taken a beatin’

I realized, that out in the water
In the big open sea.
I must try even harder
To catch the fish for me.


The author's comments:

I wrote this poem when I was in 7th grade. With a few tweaks here and there, I decided to publish this for Teen Ink. 


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