Before I lay myself down to sleep

Yesterday was my first collegiate level speech meet.It was definitely a learning experience.I totally sucked in my poetry rounds,and my duo partner and I gave a couple of the most uninspired performances of our piece that we have in a couple weeks.Yet,it was nice to be partially back in the speech atmosphere,breathing its stale air once again.I am going to have to start working harder if I want to do good in it.
It's mid-semester break this weekend already,school is going by so fast.I really don't want it to go by this fast,soon it will all be gone.

By the lake

A gust of wind wrenches my attention away from the book in front of me.It dies.As the sun gently warms my cheek,I wonder to myself... of conversations not yet had,or perhaps even the first.The waves lap at an overhanging tree branch.Maybe we have met;maybe we just don't know each other.I need a hug.I have been here over a month, and all I need is a hug.Affirmation...and maybe just a little more sunshine.