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The Warrior Scroll

“Petrichor”

Student Submitted Poem
Leaves+sparkling+after+an+evening+rain.
Shira Nathan
Leaves sparkling after an evening rain.

The rain is a thing with a voice.

Sometimes it so gently taps on your window,

Sometimes it crashes down with wrathful noise.

 

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The rain is a thing that can understand.

Speaking to you with many tones,

Caressing your face with its watery hand.

 

The rain is a thing that can feel.

It’s skies a light, fluffy gray,

Turning occasionally to a dark, dense steel.

 

The rain is a thing that is living.

It knows just when it is needed,

Granting water; a being that is life-giving.

 

What a lonely existence it knows.

Consoling everyone but itself,

It weeps with unimaginable lows.

 

The rain is so complex,

No one could ever truly see.

The amount of things it affects,

Go unrealized; a pity.

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Shira Nathan
Shira Nathan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Shira Nathan (aka Ira) (they/them)  is one of the Editors-in-Chief of The Warrior Scroll and a senior at Centaurus. This is their fourth year and final year as part of the Scroll, and they are so excited to continue growing with the publication.  Some of their hobbies include environmental activism, photography, spending time with friends, and napping. They joined the paper to help build a space for students to express themselves and connect with each other. They enjoy writing niche opinion pieces, columns about finding joy in the everyday, and stories about the Centaurus community, among other topics. Outside of the Scroll, they are a co-president  of EcoWarriors as well as a founder of the Super Awesome Philosophy Club.  If they were a song,  they would be “Vienna” by Billy Joel.   
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