Let my body run
And my mind escape
Travel to space
Let it dance and shower in the sun's harsh rays
Let it be
I'm pulled down to sit in a desk
By a big tree
With crowded branches that are so close to me
No it won't set me free
Helen Godoy is a rising junior at Pembroke Pines Charter High School and a member of National English Honor society. Helen loves reading and writing poetry. Helen can almost always be found writing something down in her poetry journal.
the atala is designed, curated, & edited by the Pines Charter Chapter of the National English Honor Society. It showcases original student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and art. Like its namesake — the small, bright butterfly that grew from near extinction to rising numbers in our part of the world — this little literary journal aims to grow our love of writing and expand our community’s appreciation for the literary arts.
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