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Moonrise
The sun sets.
A stunning watercolor effect paints the sky beautiful warm colors.
A last hurrah before disappearing over the horizon.
Then,
there is moonrise.
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Speechless
I am speechless.
All the bullshitting and lies
from our government.
OUR government.
They say that they are protecting us.
That's not what I see,
"Don't believe your eyes."
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Flow
Writing for me is like a river of words flowing out of me.
Sometimes raging other times calm and slow.
Other times it is as if the otters living in the river have built a dam.
Blocking the flow,
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The Shadow
I woke up just like any other day. Get up, get dressed, go to school. It was all normal up until recess. I was on the swing set the first time I saw him. A shadow of a figure that looked. . . like me?
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Every day
Some days during the last block of school I feel like falling asleep.
Not because I don't care about school. In fact I want to learn,
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Numb
I find it absurd that the President is doing so much bad I no longer have the capacity to feel any more.
I have become
numb
numb to the fact that this man has broken so many laws you can't even count them.
Loves
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Thursday Evening Rain
Splish
Splash
In comes the arrival of mud season
Soaking into the ground
Helping the plants just barely beneath the Earth
Drip
Drop
Precipitation sliding down the windows
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Numbers and Statistics
Convinced that their democracy
Is the only democracyMy brethren fall heavily into the rubble
A reflection of my own clay,
A memory of our shared fire. -
End the ICE Age
America, the beautiful place of the free.
Where people from everywhere come to see,
to speak and love and create with others.
To live and laugh with our brothers and sisters.
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Friendships
Friendships are complicated—sometimes they bring joy, and other times they hurt.
Sometimes they feel full, and other times lonely.
But just staying by someone’s side—just being part of their life—that matters.
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"there's this guy..."
there's this guy
funny
smart
athletic
shorter than me though
i've known him awhile
since third grade when i came to our small school
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The Classroom That Morning
The morning bell rang
just like it always had.
Backpacks lined the wall,
bright pink, sky blue,
zippers half open
with pencils and erasers inside.
A teacher wrote quietly
on the chalkboard,