Grade 9 Winner: Dahlia Dandashi

CONGRATULATIONS to our Grade 9 winning author: Dahlia Dandashi!

Vanilla Sky

I was at a crossroad.

I was sky high, both mentally and physically. Ever time I looked stories down, I shivered.

He looked at me, utterly puzzled. I twitched.

“Well?” He interrogated.

The sky was a vanilla and blueberry cocktail, the clouds pink cotton candy. The sun was falling asleep, setting on the world, setting on me.

I rotated to see what I wanted. She was staring at me with parted lips, hands outstretched. Even in her misery she was as beautiful as the sun.

But she was a beautiful lie.

I cut through the wind like a train.

I jumped.

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