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• Poetry > Song Lyrics
  Echos

  

  By M.Young, Santa Cruz, CA

  Should I think it profound My shouts at the mountain create echos with no sound My own thoughts resonate with noise A mindless drone I must learn to enjoy Forgetting the blowing leaves and flowing streams Distant memories that were once in my dreams Should I think I’m a fool Wandering eye...
• Poetry > All Poetry
  Blue Eyes

  

  By M.Young, Santa Cruz, CA

  My dear lady, gaze upon the western sky Is it not a mirror image of the look in your eye? Many would say that the two are the same The soft evening color seems to whisper your name I however find the contrary to be true For softness and smoothness speak nothing of you With eyes like the ocean,...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  "Mother"

  

  By M.Young, Santa Cruz, CA

  "Mother!" I cry, tightly gripping your pant leg, face full of tears, wishing only to see your beautiful face looking back at me. The face I had once seen before life changed. Before the world changed. Before you changed. "Mother please don't go!" I yell as you break my grip...
• Opinion > Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
  Argument for Lowering the Drinking Age to 18 in the United States

  

  By M.Young, Santa Cruz, CA

  After people in the United States reached the age 18 they are no longer considered juvenile. They have the right to choose their political leaders, purchase certain firearms and ammunition, and even enlist in the military. They are considered legally independent adults. However, they are denied a ve...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  Roots (Uc Personal Statement)

  

  By M.Young, Sasnta Cruz, CA

  The low voices are the foundation of the house, the flour in the bread, the roots of the tree. I am the low brass section leader of the Santa Cruz High Marching Band. When this year began, I had six new people coming into the section. I knew it would be a difficult year but I was determined to crea...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  Perfection (UC Personal Statement)

  

  By M.Young, Sasnta Cruz, CA

  Perfection can never be achieved; however the endless pursuit of perfection is what makes an artist excellent. This is what Grandmaster Soonho Song has been telling me since I was five years old. I had just started kindergarten when my dad introduced his chubby, uncoordinated son to Tae Kwon Do. ...