Hi! My name is Elke Peterson, and I’m a dance captain in this year’s production of Cinderella! Other than my passion to sing, dance, and act, I absolutely love writing and making art. So, I thought, why not take the opportunity to share a poem?
Fun fact: I’ve never considered myself good at poetry, and I haven’t ever really written poems.
I guess, in some sort of way, writing a poem and submitting it is kind of representative of me jumping way out of my comfort zone and auditioning.
Ahem.
Okay.
Here it is, in front of your eyes:
the N e i g h b o r s in our sky
looking through a crisp ocean iris
at the N e i g h b o r s up oh so high
that sculpt their bliss of cocoons
to sweep up and hide
i do know that their hope
will most certainly blossom tomorrow
for now they will occupy the fragile frames
of a home fostered of floors and walls but still hollow
reminiscent of giggles and gasps and cries
of a home stationary of trinkets inside
they like to confer through their hammered stems
constructed with chrysalismystic scribes and methods
i’ll always watch
and yesterday i’ll hear
while their words are muffled
their dreams are oh so clear.
Okay. That didn’t go as bad as I thought!
Take the poem how you like; art is subjective! I just hope you enjoy the arts just as much as you enjoy Nathan Hale High School’s 2024 production of Cinderella.
