By MADELINE KAUFMAN
Jericho High School sophomore Sabrina Wong is an avid member of Pegasus, and her work will be featured in the 2014-2015 publication. “My piece is about what it’s like to spend a boring day in class and how the human mind wanders. I wrote this piece in hopes that other people can relate to it and understand what it’s like to daydream,” she said.
Daydream
Sabrina Wong
“What date did Napoleon stage Le Coup D’état?”
“The Limit of x goes to 0 of Sinx/Tanx = ???”
“Na(NO3) + KCl???”
Our minds wander
Swimming in a sea of subconsciousness
We can’t help it
And
Sometimes we stare out the window
And we start to daydream
The world around us
Becomes submerged in ocean
A little piece of heaven
An underwater fairytale
The sky becomes water
The clear, salty kind
Glinting and sparkling in the sunlight
Refreshing all the while
Flowing and rushing
Dynamic
Ever changing
Crests of waves falling
Warm currents mixing with the cold
The ground turns to sand
Trillions and trillions of grains
Crushed coral pink
Powdered limestone white
An infinite sea within itself
Buildings become strange rock formations
Full of mysterious nooks and crannies
Kelp-y, sea weed-y surfaces
Porous areas
Nameless shapes
Eel ridden scrags
Schools of rainbow fish zip by
Scales flashing in the light
Flicking and writhing, fearing sharks
Marveling at the world around us
We’re a million miles away
10,000 feet under
Visiting a forbidden and wonderful sphere
We are finally happy
But we are snapped back
Dragged in
As a wave of reality hits us
The window reappears
And the world around us
Becomes our world
The water becomes the sky once again
Arid and lifeless
The blues dullen
The air becomes still
Dense and suffocating
Becoming even harder to breathe than water
The ground becomes conglomerate
The sands are there
(Tan, grey and white)
But are without their movement and character
Frozen and bound in place
Buildings become buildings
We are locked in
Tall and stiff
Rigid and daunting
Leafing mindlessly through papers
Yawning and stretching
Resting our faces in our palms
Slumped over in desks
“November 9th, 1799”
““The Limit of x goes to 0 Sinx/Tanx = 1”
“Na(NO3) + KCl -> NaCl + K(NO3)”
We daydream all the while
Wow Sabrina, really nice work! And good article Maddie!