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One of my poetry students at Endicott College has shared a poem. Here is a bit about her background: Mikayla Rose Brasefield (19) is a sophomore Nursing major from Vernon, CT, with a previous history in Creative Writing. She was featured in her high school’s student-written and published magazine, titled War & Pieces (2015), was awarded an honorable mention in the Nancy Thorpe Poetry Contest (2014), and has won several silver medals and a gold medal for some of her poetry/writings in the annual Scholastic Art & Writing Contest. She would like to thank her professor for the opportunity to continue featuring her work and also her friends, family, and boyfriend for always supporting her and giving her constant inspiration.

“Soft”

Mikayla Rose Brasefield

Soft like cotton – whispers of the past

Nothing’s ever really made to last.

And I am embraced in this knowledge

The blanket I confiscated from my mother

wrapping ‘round my shoulders –

The same way her wisdom does.

Soft like sun-rays – efforts of the present

Everything, here and now, a gift.

Heaven-sent are the hours to myself:

The little walks, the empty dorm room, the humming studio…

And I am pulsing with life to give

The thoughts in my head banging at their cages,

Aching to be free;

The same way I ache

to free myself.

Soft like snow – shimmers of a future yet unknown

As all the night world ‘round me dims down.

And I am okay for a while

Fluttering flakes surround me,

Padding me

as I fall.

— Mikayla Rose Brasefield

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