Bella Mastrobuono '24 Bright was per personality, But in came the darkness. It surrounded her from all sides. Captured Stuck Lost But she...

Bella Mastrobuono '24 "Control" "Focus" "It's a mindset, just change it" "You're overreacting" "Just chill" Words I've been told one too...

Bella Mastrobuono '24 "Now for a moment of silence" I can hear my own heartbeat. The silence felt like forever. Thump Thump Thump... I...

Elaine Li '24 We were seeds, Covered by a blanket of soft soil. One day I emerged slowly from the ground, And the sun’s warmth hugged me....

Bella Mastrobuono '24 I wondered if my feelings mattered.... In first grade, when I was lying sick in the hospital bed that I did not...

Shae Sawyer-St. Clair'24 The silence speaks. It’s breathing continuous and heavy. Nothingness speaks to those who can accept silence. My...

Kayla Mullen'24 Her glove whacks my head. The force of the firm fist penetrates Through headgear to brain, Like a sharp needle through...

Melinda Shen'24 Sink me in the ocean Where I could live again, Over and over for a hundred million years. Float me along the currents,...

Abby Durkin'24 I have to tell you a secret. My body shakes, shakes, shakes in response, trying to repress the slimy words slithering out...

Landan DeHaven'24 1 Tap, tap, tap, the rain descends upon him, Already soaked, he does not care. He silently stares into the fire...

Melinda Shen'24 There's a gift on your doorstep. Sure, it's from me, or your neighbor, or your friend that lives two blocks down. There's...

CC Leoni'24 The cool fresh breeze rushes through his silky fur The bright spring moon shimmers on his broad back His black stripes glow...

Bella Mastruobuono'24 *To start this off, I don’t want to offend anyone with my word choices. There is use of profanity and the f slur...

Atharv Awasthi'22 Lights shone into those small, pearly eyes the day you were born, the lights of life, of existence You were too young...