Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

The international magazine of stories, poems, and art by young writers and artists. Published continuously since 1973.

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My Universe

In my universe I’m at
school with my friends laughing
but you’re all alone with nothing
but your almost finished
ice cream. Over the
bush through the
window above the
clouds, there I am.
Past the birds tweeting
in the distance.
We are opposites but
yet the same.
You are lonely and
I am happy.
We are humans but
in a different life.