Journal of Secrets

Macie Parmenter

12th Grade

Marin School of the Arts at Novato High

Marin County

“My poem tells the story of a person whose journal binding broke, releasing all the pages they wrote on during a hard time in their life. As they gather the pages up again, they begin to realize just how far they’ve come from that dark place. They bind the pages together again with a green ribbon, the symbol of mental health awareness, so that whenever they find themselves in crisis again, it is there as a reminder that things do get better.”

Sponsor: CalMHSA