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• Poetry > Free Verse
  Don't Hold Your Breath

  

  By AlizahF, Park City, UT

  It was torture But it was fun To see how long I could go The anticipation The promise of coming back I knew my hope was already black You told me it wasn’t going to happen That you would always be an absence I should stop wishing Because you weren’t kidding I was going to win thi...
• Nonfiction > Heroes
  The Sacred Sacrifice

  

  By AlizahF, Park City, UT

  You’ve heard the word sacrifice all the time, but what does that mean to the average person? The webster dictionary describes sacrifice as an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as important or worthy. I, for one, believe and know that our freedom is very impo...