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"This Bi-polar Love Affair Just Ain't Where it's at for me Anymore.."

Posted by Jennifer Albright in STORY-002 on
This morning you smiled at me and all I felt was your warmth.
This afternoon you looked down at me with sad eyes and I felt your pain.
This evening you glared in my general direction and I felt your coldness.

Yesterday you held me close for a few infinite minutes and touched my forehead with your gentle lips.
Today you looked through me, turned away and kept walking in the opposite direction.
And who knows what tomorrow will bring.

You change in an instant, it never takes even a word. My very being make you run between happiness, sadness, anger and so many things in between. And eventually you'll come back to me in happiness and walk away in anger all over again. And I'll still accept you willingly and watch you leave with tears in my eyes and then I will straighten my back and keep walking through life as best I can as the cycle repeats itself over and over.
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I Remember...

Posted by Onjelique Jackson in STORY-002 on
​I remember when you used to love me

You loved me like a bullet submerged in its chrome

You loved me more than the amounts of times my heart decided to beat

I remember your love was as dangerous as the Iraqi war soldiers surrounded by mines

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I remember when I lost your love

It was like a 10-inch steel knife piercing in my chest and out my heart

It got lost along with White boys dignity the case in Gena 6

I remember that loving you, was worst than loosing you.

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Mysterious

Posted by Karen Brown in STORY-002 on
The world is a mysterious place
People come and go
Leave and enter
A person could vanish into thin air 
And I swear no one would notice
It just mean there would be more room to walk on the sidewalk
Extra room in the bed
More air to breath
And yet there will always be someone 
someone out there who will weep because that person is gone
even if they were a hobo
Maybe it's out of pity
Don't really know
Will the day ever come when this will also disappear
Will it vanish just as mysteriously
Will someone weep then
Will there by anyone out there who will feel pity then
If so then I will wait for that day to come
Until then I will close my eyes
And wait peacefully for the day 
When I will mysteriously disappear along with this world of mine 
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Public Vs Private

Posted by Andre Serrano in STORY-002 on
​The transition from middle school to high school is often considered one of the most trying times of a kid’s life. It is when most kids leave behind the safe environment that they have grown to trust throughout the years and it is replaced with teachers that no longer hold their hand through every assignment and peers that gossip about their insecurities and embarrassments. These changes are amplified when you switch from a private school to a public school. For nine years my single mother was able to scrounger up the funds to provide with the type of educational foundation that would last me a lifetime, but she knew with the current rise of college tuition, she would need to use high school as a time to save money.

  For years I had seized the benefits of small class sizes, increased individual attention from teachers and learning in an environmental filled with an eclectic group of diverse people that all shared a set of common goals and ideals. This was a place where people seemed to honestly enjoy coming to school for learning’s sake, rather than to just get a good grade in order to escape the scowls of parents. Accompanied with lavish offerings in extracurricular activities, and freedom from the school district to take interesting trips to places such as Costa Rica and New York that all aid to the learning and development of a child, this was undoubtedly an ideal environment to grow up in.

  My high school may not be the traditional public school. It has helped me hone several important skills such as inquiry, research and leadership. However, in one year all of my cushy surroundings were taken away from me. My current science class has 35 other students it – more than the maximum amount required by the district. Last month, the government officially put a number on the amount of cuts the school district will be facing due to the recession: $465 million. This will severely limit – if not discontinue – a large amount of extracurricular activities and opportunities my school is able to provide.

I, in no way, consider myself an elitist, but I have goals and I refuse to let anyone try to guilt me for being an “over achiever”. Why do we live in a society that discourages hard work? What can we do as a society to ensure that we continue to progress? These are the questions that have plagued me throughout high school. My transition to high school has definitely been a culture shock for me. In many ways I consider this the toughest academic challenge that I have had to endure, and I am committed fixing this issue, helping people realize their true potential. I once received a strong piece of advice from a teacher that I strive to live by: “Everyday, just make sure that you strive to be the best version of yourself and everything else will fall into place.” By living by these words, I believe I am fostering the type of environment that I wish to live and play and learn in, and I sincerely believe that dedication will benefit others.

 

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