By Bridget Quinn
Bleak horizon in the distance Oyster colored clouds gathering from North and South Removing all hope of a pleasant afternoon As the sun scurries away Lazing in the warmth of the sun’s rays Finding solace in nature Escaping the prison cell of my room All gone in the blink of an eye Winds blow across the field Making a loose tendril of my hair Flutter away from me As my short, blush sleeves ruffle in sync A sea of beige waves Once in a lush green carpet Dances soulfully across the meadow Quietly sighing with each breeze The aging farmhouse and barn With their chipping paint and sagging roof tiles Look majestic from this distance And now, so very welcoming on this ever-darkening day But will I ever reach their sanctuary? Can my feeble legs support me enough To rise from the tide of barley And run like a gazelle to freedom? Without anyone around to help me Without braces or cane or chair My chance of that resemble The horizon I long to reach
Bridget Quinn – I am a senior Vocal Performance Major. I have had a love of music, performance, and literature since a very early age. I attended the United Nations International School, and studied Higher Level English and Higher Level Theater as part of my International Baccalaureate diploma program. While in high school, I was a member of the Creative Writing Club. I am the recipient of the 2023 Wagner College Academic Excellence Award in Music; the Lila T. Barbes Wagner College Guild Scholarship; and the Dean’s Academic Scholarship in Music. During my Sophomore year my research paper, titled “The Renaissance, the Vatican, and the Music of Palestrina” was published in the Wagner College Forum of Undergraduate Research, Fall 2022, Vol. 21, no. 1. I am currently a member of the Wagner College Choir, the Secretary of OUTWagner, and a DJ on WCBG.