‘Prayers’

Photographer - Tobi Brun

Prayers

Let me do something that has never been done before
Let the world find in me something new
That when I leave it, it is forever changed behind me
Let me live as no one has lived
Let me mark humanity with my touch, let it scorn my loss, let tears water my grave
Let me live on forever.
Let me do something that has never been done before . . .

But wait.
I have.
I have lived a life as Sophie Lominska.
I have done something that has never
been done before
And once I am gone
no one ever will
again.

Sophie Lominska is a sixteen year old aspiring author from Kansas. This work, "Prayers," is a freeform, creative poem detailing her hopes for her life, and the revelations that eventually come along with it. She usually writes short stories and is excited for the chance to share her poetry with the world.