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  Peace

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY

  They say we will be a violent generation, but They've never shown us peace....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  With Liberty and Justice for All

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY

  “I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the United States of America” I didn’t know what I was saying at the age of four. I just had it memorised as I looked at the flag near the door. “And to the republic for which it stands, One nation, under G-d” At nine I started to po...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  Stolen Youth

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY

  Usually when you go to a family reunion you can recognise most of the people there. Instead I had to be coddled by my mother and father when they realised that I knew almost no one. “Sweetie, are you sure you don't remember her? We saw her last year. She's your aunt.” My mother woul...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Over 365 Days of Silence

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY

  It was around sunset on a warm spring day when I was only fourteen. The car doors slammed outside of my house while I was watching some childish television show. I got up to go see what was happening. I ran out of my room and on to the front porch taking steps as light as a dancer's. Two women ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Mother's Day

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY

  Scene: An empty hallway two kids are sitting on a broken wooden cart one is crying. “It's Mother's Day” Eli chokes out. Anna grabs Eli's hand. “How long has it been?” Anna asks looking at Eli. “Two years” Eli lifts his head but doesn't look at Anna...
• Nonfiction > Academic
  The Gender Spectrum

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY

  A person’s gender identity that varies from the norm is not wrong, and should be accepted as another form of expression. Gender is how you would like to present yourself to other people instead of how you are anatomically composed. There are so many different ways to express oneself, whether it b...
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  Free Hugs

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY
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  Brick

  

  By EliPhoenix, Astoria, NY