Behind the Door
Vivian W.
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As I got older, I began to see a type of yearning arise in kids my age. It’s the desire to go back to the carefree days of our early years, when our only expectation was to be happy. In this piece, I try to express that feeling of watching our old selves being slowly consumed by a need for maturity. I want to encapsulate the heartbreak of teenagers being pushed to leave the familiar, comfortable life they knew as kids for a scary world full of loans and taxes. Though we leave behind the invincible feeling of our childhood on the road to becoming adults, there are many, many wonderful things that life has up her sleeves, waiting to be discovered with age. Leaving behind our old untroubled selves isn’t a requirement to grow up. Rather, our inner child is the one thing that we should always keep close to our hearts. I dedicate this piece to all my fellow high schoolers (as well as adults) going through nostalgia for a childhood that slipped away.
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For me, creativity is a very fragile process amplified by the peace of nighttime. I’ve learned to jot down every little idea that flows into my mind, regardless of how disjunct they may be. I then refine my creativity into words that can be understood by the general population.
