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arts+entertainment<br />
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no. 10<br />
I’m Alive<br />
by Juno Nicholas<br />
A mother and father watch on<br />
As their precious daughter succumbs to illness<br />
The doctors all try to find the cause<br />
But they can’t figure out what’s wrong<br />
So the mother and father wish upon a star<br />
“Do whatever you must to keep our daughter well”<br />
Day by day nothing changes<br />
The daughter only grows weaker<br />
The mother worries her prayers weren’t answered<br />
And the father weeps<br />
Their daughter dies or so she says<br />
The parents mourn for many years<br />
They dare not utter her name<br />
She disappears from all the pictures adorning the walls<br />
Nearly forgotten<br />
Until one day a man comes to their door<br />
He looks familiar almost familial<br />
He smiles wide and proclaims<br />
“Mother father-<br />
I’m alive”<br />
Juno Nicholas (he/him) is a trans senior in high school and an<br />
award-winning playwright and writer.<br />
28 Music | <strong>Nov</strong>+<strong>Dec</strong> <strong>2023</strong> | focuslgbt.com
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