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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Kutztown chapter.

summer was simply saddening, i spent eighty percent of it craving for it to come to an end,

and twenty percent managed to embrace the bright sun until it was too hot to bear

and yet, in the blink of an eye,

autumn winds come barrelling past the trees and corn fields i drive past every single day

it is the same autumn winds that tied a noose around my tear ducts and yanked warm droplets from my exhausted eyes,

and it is the same autumn winds that stole the roof from above my head,

as if it were a twister taking me to the land of oz.

 

autumn brought a massive bag of stones

and pelted them at every knot in my spine,

because while summer was barely bearable,

autumn is here with a vengeance in the form of heavy breezes stomping on my breathless chest,

the oxygen is so crisp,

my lungs are screaming,

please let me know what it is like to feel okay again.

Alisha Mesa

Kutztown '22

Writer, Poet, Musician, and Gamer. Sun and Moon Taurus, Rising Scorpio.
Jena Fowler

Kutztown '21

Music lover, writer, avid Taylor Swift connoisseur