December

A Poem by Sienna Sachs Beck / New York City

in my dream

tiny snowflakes

each with a unique

delicate pattern

drift down in sheets

gentle and soft

cold and tasty

in my dream

it piles up

lining the streets

with layer upon layer of snow

elevating the city

in my dream

back at the park

there’s enough snow

to sled and skid

and build structures

and ambush friends with

snowballs

in my dream

i watch it fall

from the windowsill

in my warm home

wrapped in a blanket

drinking cocoa

staring at the

fresh white

falling snow

but when i wake up

and see it rain

i know

that it was just a dream

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Sienna Sachs Beck, 13, is an eighth grader in Manhattan. Although she enjoys all kinds of writing (except for research papers), her favorite form of all time is poetry. An active environmentalist, Sienna especially loves writing poetry that raises awareness about global changes. And best–or worst–of all, Sienna enjoys doing Eka Pada Sirsasana (her favorite yoga pose) to excess, even while writing her next piece.