I awaken and find myself in the middle of a field of sunflowers. I smell the overwhelming smells. I take off my flip flops and sink my toes into the earth. And then I hear "Megan!". I look and look but I have no idea where it is coming from so I start to run - my hair flowing in the wind, spurts of yellow and green all around me as I run. And then I hear it again: "Megan!". I run faster and everything begins to blur. My feet stamping in the muddy earth. I slow down and find myself in the middle of the sunflower field. I am lost among nature. I move in the direction of the sound. I am crying and I have no idea where I am going. Then I see a gazebo in the far distance. I can't really make it out but I think I see a person too. I run towards it as fast as I can but suddenly I can't move my legs. I think that I am not supposed to go to it, maybe I will get stuck or hurt. I shout out "I am here for you!" and they shout, "Come to me." But I can't yell back and I can't move any further:
you have to, you have to
let yourself go
set your mind free
walk to me
I set myself free and find that I can move. As I approach I see a very handsome boy, it's Anthony. I run to him and squeeze him. He tells me to sit down, that he has something for me. He pulls out a box and in it is his heart. And a shield.
~ megan b., 14, (chester, vt)
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