October 2008 QUOTE OF THE MONTH: "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." - John Muir, Submitted by Dana Dizon, Richmond High School

Birth
 
By Emily Sun
Albany HS,
Albany

Swept across the canvas
dust clouds floating in the darkness
illuminate. beneath the surface.
springs eroding water
floods the canvas receeding to the four corners
dripping like summer's transcending rain
it falls and makes a soft but subtle sound
like a single note
played by a piano prodigy
thus creating a thin thread of suspense

bang. a cry.