Makayla Batchelor

Appreciate warm days
Delicate dandelion
Melting matcha
Bees swarming
Missed your call
Vehicles moving by
Healing wounds
You created
Ones not acknowledged
Living free
I don’t
miss
you
or
your
call

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Makayla Batchelor ‘23 has always had an interest in writing poetry, but it wasn’t until she came to Cedar Crest that she decided to pursue it. Although she is not an aspiring writer, Makayla has learned a lot about writing and poetry in her Creative Writing courses during her time at CCC.