By: Kayla Feng

At the start line

Pumped and ready to go

Eyes sparkling

I rub my hands together

Ready to take on the challenge

I’m at 100% battery

Halfway through

Barely making it

I feel like mud’s slugging at my feet

I drag my feet

Like an ashamed toddler

Just told off

I slouch like a deflated balloon

Not sure if I’ll ever make it

I am but a mere dot

On this seemingly

Endless pathway

So small, so little

But if I just make it…

I could change my world

Oh, how proud I would feel!

The achievement!

But I’m nowhere near

Finish line,

It’s far off in the distance

The internal mud keeps growing

Too thick

Trapped

In the middle

My battery’s slowly dying

Like a flickering light bulb

Turned on for too long

How will this end?