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  Rebel

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  I want to be me. I want to be something else. There needs to be something that is entirely mine, or something that absolutely defines me. Unfortunately, that thing really does not exist right now. I need to decide who I am, and I need to show that to the world. I don’t really know how to do that, ...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  Freedom

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  Freedom. The word rings in my ears and tastes bitter in my mouth. I want to spit it out, wash out my own mouth, or scrub my tongue of the lie that is this word. We are not free. We have no idea what that means. It’s just a lie. All of it is a lie. What dictates our lives? It certainly isn’t u...
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  The Meaning of Happiness

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  What does it mean to be happy? It seems that this is another one of those questions that no one knows the answer to, yet I am determined to find it. So what is happiness? What is it that makes us feel that certain feeling that none of us can really put our finger on. Of course there’s the simp...
• Opinion > Points of View
  The Overwhelming Words

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  What is this thing we call inspiration? What is it that puts these ideas in our heads? What is pushing our thoughts towards that goal, whatever the goal may be? It's funny how unquestioning the human race is of their own ideas. We just get them, then accept them. Clearly they come from somewher...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Words

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  No Words come to my mind No Words flow from my pen And I don't know where to go No Words Nothing can help me now No one can give me the Words They have to come from me I have no idea what to do I don't know what to say I can't just keep staring At this screen of blank wh...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  The Write Direction

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  I was recently asked a question that was actually incredibly important to me, even though the asker just meant it as a quick topic of conversation. I was asked why I write. Why do I write? I have no idea, but after hearing this question, I was scrambling to find the reason. I say scrambling, but tha...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Rescue

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  A dark, frightening landscape Monsters of my mind grasp at me A black hole stretches its maw No light can escape You appear You enter the blurry edge of my vision I see what my life could be Instead of what it is You reach out your hand I take it willingly No questions asked You lead ...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Love and Sunrises

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  A sunrise is an experience unlike any other. It can completely change your outlook on the world. You can be lost in the cold darkness of the early morning when all of a sudden the world brightens up. The crops in the field turn orange, the darkness is dissipated except for a few shadows, and a smile...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Salvation Through Writing

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  We have this notion that we know where our lives are supposed to go. We have the radical notion that maybe, somehow, we can plan our lives. We can have an idea of where we're going. Unfortunately, that is not true. The harsh reality is that life is completely random and changes all the time. Th...
• Fiction > Sci-fi/Fantasy
  Trenchcoat

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  I was merely minding my own business one day, watching the fire die down, when I heard a knock at the door. How strange, I thought. It was very late and most of the surrounding neighborhood was going to sleep now. Hardly time to be going around, having door- to- door discussions. So I got up angrily...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Who Am I?

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  Who am I? This question is asked by so many people all around the world. Part of our quest is to pursue who we really are and what we are doing. But what if that changes sometimes? What if who we are is more than one person? At certain points in our lives, are we changed to something else? Do we onl...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  Land of the Rich and Home of the Closed- Minded

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  Land of the RIch and Home of the Closed- Minded America- land of the free. Please. It's the land of the rich. Since when has there ever been anyone in charge of this country that didn't have copious amounts of money? I'll answer that for you. Never. And don't you dare say ...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Saving the World- Teens

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO

  Saving the World- The Teens We are the teens. We are the ones who grew up with things like Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings. We've always looked for our chance to save the world, seeking to have that life that our favorite fiction always seems to depict. There's only one problem with...
• Art /
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  Country Evening

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO
• Art /
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  Mountain Sunset

  

  By TARDISdriver, Colorado Springs, CO