{"id":6163,"date":"2020-12-31T09:02:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T17:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=6163"},"modified":"2020-12-31T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T17:36:44","slug":"grace-petoyan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2020\/grace-petoyan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m Not the Only One\u201d by Grace Petoyan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dream Catcher Story Contest<\/p>\n

Honorable Mention<\/span><\/p>\n

(Category 2: grades 6-8)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m Not the Only One\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Grace Petoyan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Age 13, Grade 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Who me? A dreamer? No, I don\u2019t dream.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all within my head. I make senseless<\/span><\/p>\n

goals like buying pints of ice cream.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I watch slideshows in my sleepy head about<\/span><\/p>\n

being Mozart or Bach. My grandmother works<\/span><\/p>\n

with threads\u2014teaches a toddler like me to walk.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I may be a dreamer. I may think, achieve, sleep,<\/span><\/p>\n

awake\u2026 repeat. I dare to defend hurting people<\/span><\/p>\n

or represent those who are about to break.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Once I dreamt for peace and justice,<\/span><\/p>\n

but I was told that wasn\u2019t in. John Lennon said,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not the only one.\u201d Really?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I try not to dream with certainty. I don\u2019t want<\/span><\/p>\n

to be the driest toast when someone finds out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Is it illegal to share my own dreams?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ornery people will roast me. \u201cIgnore<\/span><\/p>\n

what others say,\u201d I tell myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

A charred dream is nothing to boast.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wait for others to scream, \u201cHoly Cow!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I keep dreaming about the garlic knotted desires<\/span><\/p>\n

of my heart like wild geese over cold streams.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n

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View a list of all the winners:\u00a0 http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2020\/dream-catcher-story-contest\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dream Catcher Story Contest Honorable Mention (Category 2: grades 6-8)   \u201cI\u2019m Not the Only One\u201d by Grace Petoyan Age 13, Grade 8   Who me? A dreamer? No, I don\u2019t dream. It\u2019s all within my head. I make senseless goals like buying pints of ice cream.   I watch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,28],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-6163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","category-writing","tag-contest"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-1Bp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6149,"url":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2020\/dream-catcher-story-contest\/","url_meta":{"origin":6163,"position":0},"title":"Dream Catcher Story Contest","author":"Jane Gov","date":"December 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019re pleased to announce the winners of the Dream Catcher Story Contest. 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