KAT: It’s back. A moment of silence. My heart slowly starts to beat again, as if hesitant to resume its normal function. My head feels like it’s swimming as my eyes become lights over a stage, narrowing to one spot: cancer. Time wasn’t an object anymore. ME: I can be over in 10 if you […]
Throughout my life, soccer has always been a huge part of my existence. Starting at the age of four I began to fiddle around with a soccer ball and learn to love the sport for what it was.I had always admired older girls for their sportsmanship and had hoped to be apart of that one […]
There wouldn’t be delicacy in life, unless there’s happiness. Happiness wouldn’t be in a life, inside a soul, if there’s no rest, peace, justice, love and enjoyment. Partly, money is also necessary as that is responsible for our position in the society and a way to enrich our lives. But, leading a solitary life cannot […]
The clouds were absolutely as puffy as they could ever be, compared to any other view. I wanted to jump out the airplane window and bounce on the clouds as if they were trampolines. Along with the excitement of now, my second trip on a plane was the constant anticipation of how much longer it […]
It was arduous to just accept, however the dreaded day had lastly arrived. I nonetheless bear in mind the tears welling up in my six-year-old sister’s eyes as she seemed across the empty closet in surprise. The area as soon as stuffed together with his garments now held solely loneliness and sorrow. This little little […]
The faculty search was in full swing to start with of my senior yr. It was the autumn of 2005, the Conflict in Iraq was on, Bush was leaving workplace, Barack Obama was campaigning exhausting to enter workplace, and I had simply completed my faculty essay. Sure, it was a candy and less complicated time, […]
I’m afraid that, at thetender age of 18, I’ve fallen in love and wish to get married. Oh, positive, myparents object, saying it’s irresponsible, and my buddies assume I’m insane, butI pay no consideration. I’ve discovered my sustenance, my lifelong companion and my bestfriend. Alas, there will be no ceremony, no exchanging of rings, for […]
With a last look at my book lying on the couch I trudge out into the bright, sunlit day. Accompanied by my younger sister and mother, I climb onto our orange tractor. With a roar my mom drives away slowly towards our hay field. The barn in the far corner is filled with bales of […]
Fingers shaking. Twenty eyes watching. Hands shaking. Forehead sweating. Silence. They are waiting. Hands trembling. Heart beating fast. Tempo. Sounds. Rests. Mistakes. Those are the things that ran through my mind when I first performed in front of an audience. I was nervous and there was no escape! The piano was probably ten meters away […]
The Life of a Spectator I grew. I grew up out of the mud and into the daylight, the air, the land. I sprouted leaves and buds; my roots grew deep. I knew the names of the flowers beside me, and will establish the calls of the birds. I used to be transplanted at some […]