Dreaming

By: Maggie Toppass

A big city.

Different people,

Modern architecture,

A whole world to explore.

I open my eyes to the gray sky.

I’m lying in the same yard,

Next to the same house,

On the same hill.

The same place I’ve been my whole life.

I want something different,

Something new.

So much more exists far away from here.

I want so much more.