**The following post is fictional, while based on a real pet I have, none of the following events actually took place. Also, this was written in 7th grade** I opened my eyes and looked around. I was lying in a field, an endless sea of flowing green grass swayed around me in the wind. Crickets … Continue reading Georgia
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**The following article was originally published in the January 2017 issue of The Beacon, The Olentangy High School newspaper and media class. I was given the amazing opportunity to guest write for the issue, and work with the amazing students and staff of The Beacon. All thanks to them. Any information in the article was researched and fact checked … Continue reading Drivers Abuse Handicapped Spaces
Writing frees me, yet chains me to Its command. Sending my mind racing and mouth salivating with urgency; And when I reach out, the words are torn from me, like a beast whose treat was ripped from its’ jowl. Each eraser mark, a tug on the chain. Punches and abuse, until my mind … Continue reading Chained Freedom
Christmas was a tradition. Every year, me, my sisters, my mom and my dad would pile into a car, sometimes with an accompanying dish or two, and make the hour drive to the house on the hill. It was a mansion. No, more like a castle. With its white stucco exterior and red tile roof, … Continue reading Grandma’s House
We are students Putting it on ourselves to get perfect grades and ace every test To show up on time, early mornings after pulling a late night. Stressing over 30 minutes of work that determines 30 years of potential We are siblings The eldest are slaving away, trying to make a mark in the … Continue reading We Are
Everything in our world will one day decay. The flowers will shrivel under snow, a baby will grow, Dying elderly and buried under stone. Your death changes it all. The memories that once shone, are hidden in my mind's’ darkest of halls. I hide them and deny they are there. I wish they weren’t… … Continue reading Social Media Never Dies