**Writings is a series of posts, as we close out 2017, featuring work by the teen writers participating in our Teen Day program. **
Frozen
The algae swirled like a cloud of mist as I plunged into it. The ducks fluttered and squawked. It wasn’t far now, but it was cold, very cold. The snow covered, and wisps of it swirled down from the sky. Something shuffled in the bushes. Fear ran through me. I froze, and began to sink into icy depths of the river.
—Takoda Warner
TEEN DAY Ithaca 