Young Writers Project is a creative, online community of teen writers and visual artists that started in Burlington in 2006. Each week, VTDigger publishes the writing and art of young Vermonters who post their work on youngwritersproject.org, a free, interactive website for youth, ages 13-19. To find out more, please go to youngwritersproject.org or contact Executive Director Susan Reid at sreid@youngwritersproject.org; (802) 324-9538.
Slow Down
Amelia Van Driesche, 19, Burlington
You have walked past thousands of things today and did not stop to see them.
The quality of the early light.
The sound of rain and an old rusty door hanging loose.
You were moving too quickly to receive them.
Slow your eyes down.
Catch that fraction of life that always goes unnoticed.
Pick up trash on the roadside,
sit still and watch the shadows move across the ground.
Find joy in the little things.
Take a breath,
slow down.
