Kellen Bryan is a student at Washington Middle School who lives in West Seattle. He will be graduating from eighth grade soon and wrote a free verse poem, entitled “Big Steps,” about how he is feeling about this new change he will be making. He said, " I feel that many of your young teenage readers (or readers who were once teenagers), will be able to relate to it. Large changes are something that everyone has gone through at some point or another and I believe that much of your audience would enjoy seeing the point of view of a young teenager on this subject today."

Big Steps
By Kellen Bryan

All big steps from here.
I'm nervous to start, but is there really anything to fear?
A whole new place teaming with friends to make.
Hope all this new pressure is something I can take.
Tons of knowledge, waiting for me to drink up,
And all I have to do is grab the cup!
Starting again at the bottom rung,
Another climb is soon to come.
From here it looks like a long way to the top
I have to keep pushing, I know I can't stop.
If I work hard now I’ll get where I want to be:
Going to college and surfing on a western sea
But I’m not there yet, cause high school is only the start
Getting to where I am now seems like the easy part.
So I'm wondering, what will high school bring for me?
One short summer and then I’ll see.