Writing Catalog
Larson Toil
Grade: 11
Bay Village High School
Instructor: Erin Beirne
old lake town
Poetry
old lake town
to You,
the old lake town where i grew up
i sing to You
/ to forgive You /
and hope for your future
yet,
i remember who You were
all those years ago,
when i was still just a
boy
i remember how You bit my feet with your frost,
and snow,
and chill.
i remember how You pricked my hands,
and arms,
and legs from your old scape of thickets and woods.
i remember the garden You let me grow,
the onions, and the parsley, and the parsnips,
and
i remember the creatures You let take it apart
my family trusted You
i remember my grandfather
i remember my apple tree
/ the one You grew for him /
i remember
how your anger took both away
my family trusted you
they are now stuck here, with you
my old lake town-
the one that i will escape.
from,
the boy who loved you