and the ticking never subsides.
an enigma you stand before me,
ticking but not telling me the time.
as tangible as the ocean
attainable as the sky
the fluidity of our love wells,
a reservoir of broken promises
formidable yet withering.
I look into your eyes and still I remain omnicient
I ca...
Altruism lives
In our children, because the
World’s not shamed them yet.
Doubt dwells in the minds
Of those who’ve seen the terror,
Wounded by this life.
Faith must grip a hold
To peoples tremulous hands
And guide us homeward.
A place filled with hope,
A place where we all belon...
The clouds.
They wrap themselves around the rolling hills,
Alluding to endless incline.
The rice fields span,
For miles, and miles, and miles.
So far, that the people hard at work turn to dots,
Then speckles, and eventually,
To nothingness.
Or rather blend in with the complete design of t...
The wind swept through our hair,
Violently lashing at our bodies.
And hundreds of drums
Trolled by our heads:
Beating, banging,
Muddling our sight, our hearing, our smell.
My hair turned limp,
Like the grasp you had to offer.
The divot in the pavement began pooling,
Between a Twix wrapper ...
Clinging to my blanket, I shield my eyes,
And cover my ears, wishing for solitude.
But its not til I pick up the phone the fighting ends.
My hands
Grasping for hope,
Clutching one another I can feel your heart,
Beating sturdily against my skin.
My hands
Placing them together, I kneel
Face...
The day, plainly ordinary,
Presenting itself like any other.
The faultless skyline up ahead,
I stopped not once, to take it in,
So off to work I sped.
Passing many people on the streets,
I offer no cheerfulness, or acknowledgement,
For that matter,
And instead lift my head only,
So the door...
A gold ray beams quite bright across my face,
The warmth envelops both my mind and soul-
Brings memories I wish to not erase,
Yet bitter sweet, though, is the sky’s cajole.
Entwined are we, together form a spark,
Your radiance protecting me from shade:
And leaves behind loves one and only ma...
I stand for liberty, peace, and justice.
I stand for freedom.
The eagle so graciously soars above me,
While people admire me from down below,
And so I prevail.
The sight of me brings back memories,
Implanted only through faded pages,
Testimonials by the loyalists,
In each turn a lost spirit,...
It is late Tuesday night when you remember you have a research project due the next day. You panic because you still need to finish your paper, and cite your sources. You stay up until 3:00 writing your paper and then fall asleep. The next day in 3rd period you turn in your project and realize that ...
“There is a master key and a spare key for the office. Dwight has them both. When I asked, "what if you die, Dwight? How will we get into the office?" He said, "If I'm dead, you guys have been dead for weeks."”
~Pam Beesly
“The Office” is a T.V. comedy that airs on Thursday night fr...
Little did those bossy British know,
What would hit them when they took the colonists dough.
And post that imprudent decree,
Friends, Brethren, Countrymen, and men of the sea.
In the area of Boston city,
There lived the Son’s of Liberty.
Who opposed the taxes the British put into act,
And...
Planting every memory in my mind, a blossoming garden,
I seek nothing, for I am satisfied with the now.
Grasping life the way it is, not craving more,
I focus on the positives and ignore the negatives.
Living every day to its fullest,
I value every friendship, experience, and moment.
Trying ...
She lolls in a pile of crumpled autumn leaves,
Brisk wind upon her face.
The sun slowly sets,
As she gazes at the night sky filled with stars winking back at her.
Though the night was young and bitter,
And the frigid air nipped at her nose,
She fell into a deep slumber.
She lay on a vast...
Rip! I tear open the envelope and look inside as my heart falls. Another rejection! How many scholarships can a person get turned down? So far I have been turned down for all the twenty-seven I applied for.
I have a friend whose parents make over $100,000 a year and he received a full ride scho...
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