Green trees – A yellow
jacket – A waterfall – My
father clutching my arm. I
used to ask my parents to tell me that
everything was going to
be okay, but you can never be
100% sure of these things – So
we settled on 99.9%. I used to be afraid of
pain – Afraid that I would slip
and fall into the river – and
the water would fill my
lungs – the way it fills the
space between 99.9 and 100
Sam is currently a student at Colorado State University. He is interested in screenwriting, short fiction, and poetry.