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Floating In Space

5/16/2020

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Written by Annonymous, Hour 7 
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If I were to pick an object to represent our current corona virus situation, I would choose an asteroid. Specifically, one that isn't in the Main Asteroid Belt; just a lone asteroid, flying solo through space. I say this because life hasn't stopped, things are still moving. The difference is the isolation that everything comes with now. Instead of flying along through life with the other asteroids in our large Asteroid Belt, the lone asteroid flies solo.

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Random Thoughts That I’m Willing to Remember

5/1/2020

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Written by Annonymous, Hour 7
As I stare into that sweet summer sky, I gaze at the stars while those melancholic moonbeams pierce my skin and I throw my thoughts into the dewy grass, waiting for dawn to commence.

  • These words mean that even though I am lost and confused, at some point, I’ll find my way in the world. I just have to be patient.

On this hot sticky day, I chomp on the sickly sweet melon as the sun shines its sacrine tears of joy, crying out with victory. “We have won, my dear, beautiful friend. Sweetness has won.”
  • Though I think it is childish to believe in pure happiness, I believe that love and joy can lead our personalities if we reach that stage in life, and if we do, we have fulfilled contentment.

The glassy tears from the clouds above give me a sense of comfort as I drown in their ever longing sorrow for their lost comrades. 
  • The sadness tries to hold on, but how can it? Every emotion is important, and sadness has to move on and make room for closure, for ease, for peace.

Luck isn’t real. It is what foot I step forward with, whatever hand I put out, whatever face I put on for the world that leads me to the beautiful consequence that is Life. Karma isn’t an excuse.
  • I really never understood the concept of luck, it’s such a wishy-washy belief, that luck is real and that we should look to it in times of happiness or misfortune. We step out into the world to create our own personalities, it isn’t luck that leads us to today, it’s our choices. 
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hide inside

3/25/2020

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Written by C. Jones, Hour 8
i           need           humanity,
     only        some of               it,
to      truly                      cope.
 
but humanity has been
s  t  o  l  e  n
by all the beasts who haunt me
 
i           crave                      faith,
     a           sane force           unknown,
to     truly                      cope.
 
but faith in myself
s  p  u  t  t  e  r  s
bearing doubt within and out of me
 
i           need           consolation,
     that           few can                      give,
to     truly                      cope.
 
but the words die
s  t  a  g  n  a  n  t
burning the soul that hides inside me
                                            ​~ can you deal with hell?
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Writing Helps

3/21/2020

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Witten by Annonymous, Hour 8
I used to always go and see my friends during times of stress, but that is no longer an option. Recently I've been writing down the things that upset me. I have also been talking to my mom more about things and we've grown closer because of it. While I do still go to my friends because I am able to call and text them I've learned writing down my feelings truly does help.
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Trapped

3/19/2020

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Witten by Annonymous, Hour 1
I sit staring at my blank phone screen with ants in my pants,
Wishing for a break
A break from the constant weight of school,
The firm grasp constantly wrapping around my shoulders given by stress,
The never ending anxiety and worry of life,
Feeling trapped in an endless circle always speeding up faster and faster,
But everyday I fly across the soothing ice
With each new stroke and landed jump,
I become free once more.

With a flash,
My dark phone lights with a quick message.
Canceled.
Feeling smacked in the face
As life slowly disintegrates
Skating, robotics, school
Canceled.
Like a bee hive when their queen dies
Flying in circles unsure where to go,
Or how to continue.
Skating off my anxiety and worries of the world
Postponed.
Building and solving,
Done until further notice.
Cold tears slide down my face
Unable to wipe the sadness away.
Saying good-bye to my dear friends
As classes end until who knows when.

Trapped in a new circle of bright fear
Wishing life to go back to the way it was before,
Before the panic and chaos.
Hope slowly begins to slip from my tight grasp
As I hold onto it harder than ever before,
I realize everything will be okay.
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    A group of sophmores at Mayo High School in Rochester, MN. All have Mrs. Lyke for American Literature & Composition Honors.

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