The Castle Literary Magazine


Fall 1999 | Volume 54 Issue 1


Shannon Pearson, '02

A Swing of the Past

BUMP! My little feet
        push off
        the ground
as I swing,
        swing,
            swing,
and I sing,
        sing,
            sing,
at the TOP of my lungs.
    Suddenly,
I JUMP!
And now I'm
    flying,
        sliding,
            gliding.
And the wind is
    muttering,
        fluttering,
            buttering,
me up so it
can play with
my hair.
    How I wish I could
SOAR
through the air
with as light a spirit
as a
bird-child