Max Mueller Mills
Age:
18
13-21
Third Place Award
Poem
2024
How will I know I’ve made it? The end is near.
Day by day the end imposes upon my everyday life.
I live with my thoughts full of fear.
Doing all that is necessary to achieve success.
Yet I stumble wandering through the dark.
Uncertain in my abilities I struggle to please.
I balance between fear and excitement.
For the end is closer than ever.
Learning a familiar tongue I practice.
Seeing my glimpses of the Döner stand.
It’s Berlin, a future I deserve.
Finally I sleep through the night.
Tomorrow I will know because I run like I am flying.
Today I stand tall to celebrate the end. Or is it the beginning?
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