leesah
study her face. what do you see? smile line from genuine laughter. dark bags from late study nights. puffy eyes from a tear-jerker movie during a sleepover. glasses from reading too much (but too much is never enough)....
Stand up straight. Raise your hand until someone calls on you. Listen. Obey. Don't talk. Don't run. No screaming. Use inside voice. No crying? No feeling? No expressing? No way...
Maybe because it was bright or maybe because it was shooting up into the air like a rocket. But regardless, it brought me hope.