Scholastic Writing Winner

 The Math Fight

We fight over stupid things
like if Pi actually has an end
or if it will keep going on forever.

You said,
-It has to stop,
because the human mind simply cannot
comprehend the concept
of infinity
or forever.

-What do you have against forever? I replied.
I think Pi can go on forever.

-Why do you say that? You asked.

I was sneaky- I answered a question
with another question.

-Well, what about love? Do you think love can go on forever
even if we can't comprehend it?

-The difference between infinity and love, he said,
Is that if I try to imagine infinity
I'll stop eventually
because I'll get bored and there'd be no point.
But with love, it's different.

-How so?

-With love there is a point.
You're the point.
And how could you possibly be boring?

We never discussed Pi again.

The Sunflower

Hope.

It’s a tiny seed, grown with weathered hands,
fostered and nourished with dreams of greatness,
dreams that it will grow tall and strong into something
substantial, something tangible.

Something that fills you with pride every time you see it
something that, once it’s whole, makes your heart jump out of your chest
and makes you whisper,
“It worked. I actually did it.
Look at how beautiful it is.”

The problem with Hope
is that it’s not actually a seed.
There’s nothing tangible about it,
and because of this,
discouragement often clouds the joys of Hope
and Hope grows fainter
as it disappears behind a foggy mist,
lost.

But if hope were tangible,
it would be

a sunflower.



I know it would.