Pushing

We all push ourselves for something

we push

          for achievement

          for recognition

          for forgiveness

          for purity

I push

          to prove to myself

that I can do it

that I have made myself better

that on my journey

to be

and to find

myself

I have bettered and bested myself

I have broken and built

myself

so that when I fall 

I know that I will rise again

myself.

C

Csquared

VT

16 years old

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    After Thanksgiving

    The month

    (ish) 

    of time between Thanksgiving

    and December 25th

    is 

    undeniably

    the best season.

    Everyone is joyous

    despite their

    close-to-frostbitten noses

    here in Vermont.

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    Those Who Love Life

    Life is 

    meant to be lived 

    fully and completely. 

    You need to commit. 

    Fully. 

    You aren’t meant to dip one toe in from the edge. 

    You’re meant to dive in 

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  • Poetry

    By Csquared

    Before the Frost

    Fall

    is yawns and

    a general

    slowing-down of time.

    The world is dipped in molasses

    and comes out 

    stickier

    but sweeter than ever before.

    And we,

    in the world,

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