The Moment
Samantha Rodriguez, Hillcrest Elementary
Knowing that we would arrive in the morning.
It was dark
with flashing lights
and the smell of a new car,
a grey new car.
I was against the seat
on my grey koala pillow pet,
asleep,
asleep, dreaming...
I woke up
one eye then another.
As I woke up
I didn’t know where I was.
It was morning,
it smelled different.
It smelled like palm trees
and the sky was pink, cotton candy pink.
It was almost like heaven.
At that moment
I realized
I was in LA.
