A poem by Robert Fidler
A city, A city, so so alone.
I walk your desolate streets so very cold.
Stone walls crumble, and nature takes back her domain.
A chill wind blows, through the empty streets alone
As all the people here feel.
Stagnant water reeks, and the building grown and creek.
And the roads wither in disrepair.
As the Earth slowly watches as
we crumble and rot off her domain.
And we finally succumb as the rock,
that can no longer resist the assault of the sea.
Wood rots as the animals squat.
On the broken city that is home.
Nothing ever works, to provide some comfort,
and dust clogs the lungs of the young.
All here is rough and weather and nearly dead.
And no one comes to help,
in our ancient city of stone.
Veronica Sheriff is a senior at Shanksville-Stonycreek High School. She has attended Shanksville since the first day of pre-k. Veronica participates in many school-wide organizations such as Student Council, National Honor Society, Forensics, and Multimedia and Journalism. She is an editor, writer , and producer for the Viklet and WVIK. Veronica is also a part of the Berlin-Shanksville soccer co-op. She has played since seventh grade. For the past four years she has been the starting goalkeeper.
Outside of school, Veronica is a competitive dancer at Laurel Arts. She participates in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical and Pointe. In her free time, she enjoys backpacking and hiking, kayaking, rock climbing, snowboarding, running, and playing guitar. She has recently completed her first half marathon.
Veronica’s future plans include moving to Arizona to attend either Northern Arizona University or Prescott University. She is going to study Outdoor Education and Wilderness Leadership.
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