So often Colorado skies are a
Golden Age painting
with light illuminating
everything, clouds a subtle
frame for enriched blue skies,
sunlight filtering through haze
in the air from wind, and —
I pause at the red
light for a photograph
and linger like always, I
forget where I am
going or where
I have been until —
the car behind me beeps
their horn, and by the time
I stop at another light,
the light
has shifted
and the
moment is
gone.
A native of Southern California, Caroline Mertens moved to Colorado as a teen. She received her B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Colorado Christian University in Denver. Her grandmother's immigration tales of adventure, love, pain, and redemption provided ample amounts of hope, grace, and literary inspiration for her debut, In Those Other Lands.
After a season of work in the Netherlands, England, and France, Caroline returned to Colorado. Over the years, she has worked as a magazine editor, a professional writer, and an assistant to a Young Life director. However, Caroline's most fulfilling career is teaching high school English and Creative Writing. She strives to encourage teenagers to read what they love, and inspires her students to engage in purposeful creative writing. Caroline is passionate about traveling, cooking Indonesian food, and exploring Colorado with her family.
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