Revelation

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Begin or end a new piece with this line: “For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is all about.” [Photo credit: Kevin Huang, YWP Photo Library]

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Apr 10

poem challenge: Revelation

Inkpaw

Star shine

The sun twinkled
through the pine needles that almost kissed the dusky sky
just barely missing the soft hues that were brushed across the atmosphere
by the gravity that holds us to the ground
and turns us over
morning to night
stars fill my eyes
faded into the vastness of the night sky
fleeting colors folding bending
shifting to the backdrop of dewy obsidian
as I lie here
waiting
I imagine being a blush of color in the heavens
must feel like floating in a blanket
the faint smell of bubblegum and spring breezes
concepts of emotion
morals
love
just faint hazy memories
giant floating spheres of gas and rock
hurtling through space
always moving farther away from each other
life is simple
if you let it be
but curiosity and the desire
to know
to truly know
will always win out

Posted: 04.10.21

Jan 22

fiction challenge: Revelation

Ariel186

The Wedding

The kettle whistled as my aunt slipped an apron over her shiny auburn hair. My mom twirled around the kitchen with my aunt like a pair of seasoned dancers.
   “So, have you talked to that boy you like yet?” My aunt asked, her eyes glinting as she ducked behind the counter to grab a mixing bowl.
   I rolled my eyes, “Seriously? Haven’t I told you to stop prying into my love life?” I replied, playfully glaring her down as she grinned at my mom.
   “I’m not going to stop until you ask. The wedding’s the day after tomorrow and you can’t keep putting it off. Have a little fun! I want my niece to have someone she likes to dance with at my wedding! It is my day isn’t it?”
   “She’s not wrong Cara.” My mom chuckled, “As the maid of honor it is my noble duty to make sure she has the best wedding in all the land”, my mom announced, bowing deeply and sweeping her arm upwards.

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

nonfiction challenge: Revelation

B_patorti

What life is about

For the first time, I realised what life was all about. It is about getting to live your life. It is going to spend more time with your family because you love them. When you get mad or angry at them you still love them because they are your family. You should take care of them as much as they should for you. You should cherish the moments that you have with your family because one day you won’t have any more time to make more memories with the ones you love or should love because they care about you.

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

poem challenge: Revelation

jkitts

For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is about

For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is about.
It starts off when you are a little sprout.
You cry and pout, but you still know what life’s about.
As you are a toddler you are a crawler.
You think life is all about playing, and saying.
But, that is not all that life is about.
As you are a young child you can be very wild.
You think life is about having fun, that is definitely a part of life.
But that is not all that life is about.
As you are an old kid, you think about getting rich with money and gold.
Still, that is not what life is about.
As you are an adult, you think that life is about finding a job that you love, but that is not the only thing life is about.
Finally, when you are old and wise you realize what life is about. Fulfilling your purpose.

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

nonfiction challenge: Revelation

ksulikdoty

Life

At the beginning of middle school I thought that life was just about making friends or making sure everyone liked you. I also thought that you needed to be popular and have all these friends, and that everyone had to be just like each other. Later in life i´ve learned that you don't have to have a bunch of friends. I learned that you really don't need to be popular. I realized that you really can just have a few close friends and not be popular, because being popular should be the least important thing on my mind.

Life is about what I want to do and where I want to go in my future. All I need to do is be myself and be happy with all of my decisions. I don't need to pretend that I am someone I'm not, I can just be true to myself and be fine, because in the future you really only need to work on what you want yourself to be and what you want to do. So, “For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is all about.”

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

nonfiction challenge: Revelation

llocsin

Life in my opinion

For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is all about. Life is like a stream of water. In the stream, there are different fish and the stream sometimes leads to different paths. For we have the ability to control our life in many ways. Our mind and acts can lead us to different outcomes which affect us and those around us.

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

poem challenge: Revelation

mtraska

Family

For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life was all about. It's about the time we spend with our family and not about what is happening around the world. It’s about how we should check in with our family members and not our friends we see everyday. We should pay attention to how family members are and how they've been through the week and not check our socials to see how our favorite celebrity is. Instead of facetime with our friends, we should talk to our families. The last thing that I have learned is that we should not take our family for granted and that we should spend the time we have with them now before it is too late.

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

nonfiction challenge: Revelation

afullam

“For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life was all about.” When Covid-19 first started we had a CYO’s tournament for basketball. We couldn't do it because it got cancelled. I couldn’t go to school, but the worst part is that I couldn’t see my family. At that point I was thinking how precious life is and how fast stuff can change. You have to live every moment and if you are mad at your family, fix it because you don't know how much time you have to spend with them. Push yourself if you do a sport, because one day you will wish you could do it again and play with the same team.

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

nonfiction challenge: Revelation

GTowle

My perspective

For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is all about. It's about spending time with people like family, friends, and people you care about. It is not all games, money and all that extra stuff. It's not all fun and games. Like right now we are in an unexpected pandemic and it's been going on for almost a year. Life throws a lot of stuff at you and a lot of it is unexpected, but you have to just keep pushing through it. That is how I started to understand what life is about.

Posted: 01.22.21

Jan 22

poem challenge: Revelation

vjuarez

Living Free

REVELATION
As I look around me I see color.
I see beautiful people of all shapes and sizes.
I see a huge city.
I hear the song that I can’t get off my mind.
I’ve moved on from the past.
You’re gone.
And I can’t do anything about that.
I feel free.
Like a bird being able to spread its wings for the first time.
For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is all about.

Posted: 01.22.21

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