Writing
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This I Believe (Names)
The ancient Greeks believed that names held power. I happen to agree.
I don’t remember when I first discovered this truth. It is something I feel like I have always known, since the moment I received my first name.
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The Most Tragic Death
The ground
Beneath us
Trembles in fear
The future is
Dark
The ending is
Near
The trees
Around us
Shrivel in fright
They cannot
Stand
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My Depression
Some days
It’s hard to find
A reason
To get out of bed
The depression claws
At me
Begging me
To just stay there
Sink into the darkness
And disappear
But I don’t want to
Do that
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Why Are Books Getting Banned—and Why is it Harmful?
Book banning is a growing problem in our modern world. Many argue that banning books is a good thing because it prevents children from viewing books that are considered “harmful”.
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song for home
i never learned how to leave
because i came to Life
in quivering obedience
a slow stillness
p u l s i n g
along the tracery of me
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Weaved With These Hands
My hands are catalysts of creation.
I feel, I bind, I grow, and I love with these hands of mine.
My hands weave crowns of flowers and make twine and twig wed together.