“Giants” by Kennedy McCarthy

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I lived among giants

in a house beside the beach.

They slowly roamed the halls,

and whispered in my sleep.

At the break of dawn,

I'd scale our dragon-tail-

a staircase lined

with giant, twisting rails

I’d sit beside the window,

to stare beyond the sea.

And the world across the water

sprang to life within my dreams.

While every birthday,

I'd make a wish.

To pray under cake and candlelight,

was the crux of my “religion.”

When I was small,

my books had blurred a line

where the giant, real world

and fantasies aligned.

Now I’ve grown among giants,

and childhood has left me

but stories always will,

always should, be simply left be.

Kennedy McCarthy is a first year Engineering student who hopes to pursue a degree in computer science. She would like to go into cybersecurity or game development as a career, but enjoys writing and making videos with friends in her free time.