As I’m lying in the chair, tired from the medicine I have just been given, I turn on the television and begin to watch a World War 2 documentary. Listening to the stories of veterans, the battles they have been through and the scars they have, I ask myself, “What scars has this battle given […]
Chrome steel versus dried, misplaced, masticated sugar. Scraping gum. Why me? Why is it right here? The rubbish can is only some steps away. What would it not have taken to throw this foe into the pail and defeat it for good? These had been the questions I requested myself as I wielded a putty […]
It is 10:30 pm, and I have far passed my bedtime. But a magazine spread on Egyptian mummification lies before me, blocking the clock from view. All I can see is what the yellow ochre light from my nightstand has to offer. My petite fingers grasp it like a lifeline. My young eyes soak in […]
“We don’t have much time, do we?” he spoke softly, staring enraptured at the inky constellations. The stars were never quite as clear as they were that fateful night; Orion’s belt outlined itself perfectly in specks of radiating plasma, forming that heroic shield —I could practically feel the stardust from trillions of years stirring in […]
I have played sports for many years and have put countless hours of work into becoming better. I believe that in order to become better at something you have to practice at it. Some people may say that practice makes perfect. I disagree because with all the years I spent in baseball and with all […]
Imagine a long sheet of pack ice, recently broken off from the main sheet, floating through the North Atlantic Ocean. On it, you see a mother polar bear looking around on all sides, trying to find her young. Looking around she sees the top of a giant square clock tower sticking out of the murky […]
“Hi Nora! How are you today?” I ask, closing the door softly behind me while balancing the breakfast tray on my hip. I set the tray down and sit in the metal chair I have designated as my own in Nora’s world. I look at the creased features and wispy white hair I know so […]
“I wish to be in Buffalo when the world ends.” I look up from the journal I’ve been flipping by and take a look at my good friend with skepticism. Rolling her eyes as if the reasoning behind her weird assertion is clear to everybody besides me, she explains, “As a result of it’s all […]
Bad Kid It was 7:45 a.m, geometry, second hour, dark outside, and I was facing the biggest ethical dilemma of my freshman year. Ninth grade…what can I say. It’s vital to the adolescent psyche, and yet we all want to forget it as soon as it’s over. I wanted to fit in, but be unique. […]
How will your presence enrich our group? An indescribable feeling overwhelms me as I sit three toes above the bottom, wind blowing previous me 30mph, and my solely safety is my stability. That is my life, 40 riders all-aiming for a similar purpose, to win. I evaluate myself to motocross as a result of it’s […]