I am a genuine person. My heart is full and fragile and for a young woman in high school, that isn’t always the ideal personality to possess. For a long time, I let others walk all over me which led to an ongoing depression leaving me empty for the entirety of my junior year. While […]
Part 1: The Sky I look up. I am covered in a blanket of black licorice. The moon caresses my cheeks, tickling the tips of my ears and my nose. I lay on the teak deck of the SSV Tole Mour next to three girls, people whom I consider as close as family, close enough […]
In order for each person to pursue their individual pursuit of posterity our society much have equal opportunites so that we can have equal rights to pursue the same goals as anyone else. Growing up in a poor family and knowing the struggles of the world, I have grown up with the positive attitude and […]
Walking through the hazy streets of Guatemala to the mission team work site, puts life in America into perspective. The kids eating garbage were the same kids who helped us work on the house we were building, with smiles on their faces, ready to help. That made me completely rethink my life back in the […]
Most kids’s first phrases vary from primal grunts to candy mumblings that resemble human names, however my first phrase was “thunder.” From the very starting, I’ve been passionate about the sky and its ever-changing canvas of blues and grays, lotions and milky whites. I’m tuned into the rhythms of rainfall, the dance of snowflakes and […]
The primary basketball sport that I made a three-pointer was after we performed in opposition to Laurel. Once I received on the bus it was form of a cool morning the temp was in all probability within the mid 50’s. I keep in mind getting on the bus at Columbus Excessive College to move to […]
Obsession, denotatively described as the domination of ones thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire. Now we all have this controlling factor in our life, and the worst part… it never goes away. Life is built upon and thrived around obsession. From when a five year old boy is obsessed with his favorite […]
Once a child of cliches, I ate my words. Became obese; Was proud to be American. Enjoys the taste of a freshly baked poem, any time of day. Frequently brushes, but forgets to floss. Wakes up with morning breath. Was born of parents too young, And put up for adoption. Was taken in love, unrequited; […]
The city I grew up in, sarcastically referred to as the “Circle Metropolis” for it’s form, is a cruel cycle of “distinguished” faculties, one-day gross sales, and individuals who look to Saturday Night time Stay for political perception. The identical folks rent unlawful immigrants to mow their lawns regardless of supporting deportation of undocumented aliens. […]
“All women four×200 meter runners please report back to the monitor. All women working the four×2.” The final place I wished to report back to was the monitor. Actually, I assumed I used to be going to vomit. What am I doing? I’m not a monitor runner, and definitely not a four×200 meter runner. “Prepared, […]