My wet feet create patterns against the cold gray rock beneath. Ice cold water splashing gently so far down below. I say something and my voice carries, bouncing off rocks, repeating over and over again. Goosebumps arrive with the cold breeze that drifts in the air. The lake below stretches for miles and […]
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The Sun and I by Anna Ilyin
As I walk on, even though my legs are burning and it seems like I am walking at a snail’s pace… I am suddenly at the top. There are no trees here, just bushes sprouting out of the cracks of rock. Soon the reason we came to the mountain comes to […]
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One late summer afternoon, when the fields of sun-kissed grass danced and the sun had begun to disperse into brilliant streaks of orange and pink, a little girl stumbled upon the worn, crumbling path, leading into a never-ending golden meadow. Her skirt was frayed and exhaustion filled her but through the blazing sunlight, she continued […]
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Oh library, So big and filled with Joy. Oh library, where do I even begin? Your colorful shelves of books Bright Like a rainbow in the Pretty blue Sky Call me to them. Oh library, When I first came here, All I would do Is look through The first bookshelf Of […]
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The ukulele is sleek in my hands. The strings vibrate as I thrust them with my thumb. Then, the process commences, ideas rush through my head like a storm cloud. The ideas zing out like lightning. They struck my thumbs, lighting them with a fire of adrenaline. Gradually, the ideas string themselves together; a […]
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