I crunch through the leaves, camera in hand, and examine the world around me. It's finally October, which is a good time for taking photos in my opinion. I am out on one of my daily shootings, (with a camera, that is), and am having that constant battle with myself on what to photograph. Running around the woods like an idiot with a camera in the afternoon is just my everyday lifestyle; It makes me who I am.
After heading a little deeper into the woods, I raise the camera to my eye and point it up to a tree that is still shedding it's coat of leaves. With one click of the shutter, that photo was captured forever. I pull the camera away from my eye and examine the photo. Obviously, my first thought is: This is so going on Instagram.
I'm not ready to head in, but my phone beeps from my mother's text. It is time to come in and wash up for dinner. I turn and crunch back to the opening to the woods by the road. Looking back once more, I toss my braid over my shoulder and start back through the winding roads.
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I lean back on the gym wall and close my eyes. I want to go home. I managed to survive another day in school, which I think is pretty impressive. It's not that school is a bad place, it's just boring. Nothing happens whatsoever usually. During the morning I'm your tired teenage girl who complains about being cold, during the afternoon I'm a photographer, and at night all I do is edit photos. My life in a nutshell.
Sometimes I dream about getting somewhere outside of my neighborhood. Maybe one day I can get out of this school and just make it big with my photos. One day I can travel the world and climb the highest mountains at sunset just for that one special shot. I could go anywhere, do anything. I could have the life I always wanted.
But right now that isn't me. I'm a thirteen year old stuck in a P.E. class at a small charter school outside of this district. I can't even wear what I want each day, much less travel the world. Maybe though. . . Maybe.
Some day I know I'll make it out there. I don't know how yet, but I will.
