South Dakota Poem

While going through my personal google drive, I found a poem that I wrote in 8th grade as one of my options to choose for the school-wide poetry slam. While I didn't pick it to present, I think that it's one of the best things I've ever written.

South Dakota is a beautiful state

With rolling plains that never end

While the edges of the cities

Big or small, face the broad sunrise of daylight

We may not have glowing lights

Like LA, Miami, or New York

But we have the character of midwest people

Kind, welcoming, and friendly

Sioux Falls welcomes people with open arms

Ready to accept people

The city might not be big as some

But the energy is as lively as New York city

South Dakota is lonely and forgotten

A state only know for the monument

When there is so much more

Beyond the rocky, badland hills

The tiny towns that comfort me with their old fashioned streets

That make the 1950s seem like just about a week ago

With small homes that seem inviting almost

As if you know the people who reside inside them

In South Dakota, have you ever looked out

The window of your car and enjoyed it?

Not listening to music or for a quick glance

But actually staring out into the vast land

Do the clouds roll past the sky at lightning speed

Or does the sky roll past the clouds while they stand still?

The wheat and hay bales that are stacked among

The grass and the random lines of forests that appear from the ground

Look past the borders

And enjoy this beautiful state

Where some just glance

This is life for all of us

Signed, 

Midwestern Redhead