Skye Chernobilsky

Skye Chernobilsky is a sophomore at Rider University with an Elementary Education and English Literature double major and a minor in middle school education. They are the equipment manager for the Rider University Pep Band and the Public Relations and Recruitment Manager, as well as a founding member of the Cranberry Collective, Rider University’s Jazz Band. They also serve on the executive board of Rider University’s Hillel as the secretary and are a Content Tutor and Student Writing Consultant for the Academic Success Center. In their free time, Skye enjoys listening to acoustic folk music, sitting by a tranquil lake or river, and taking photographs of nature.

I am a mosaic of everyone
I’ve ever
Loved.

I have my mom’s smile
And my grandmother’s bubbly laugh.
I have my dad’s bone structure
And my uncle’s constructive knack.

But that’s not what I mean
When I say I am
A mosaic of everyone
I’ve ever
Loved.

My ex-best friend,
She never cursed
So now I say “Jeez the Wheeze”
When I’m bound to burst.

My first grade teacher,
She cared when I was upset.
Saying I didn’t like school
Are words that I regret.

When someone raises their
Voice at me though,
Fear runs cold
Right through me.

Something I learned from
My dad
Who’s wide set bones
I acquired.

When my mom fails
To pick up the phone
I always fear the worst.

I fear she’s on
The side of the road again,
Her car is overturned.

Sometimes I drive
By Taco Bell and
Reminisce on talks
With friends.

And then I sit and wonder
What to do when all of this
Will end.

I am a mosaic of everyone
I’ve ever loved.

Ebbing and flowing
Ever changing and growing.

With life, I am in love.