Did you see it too, that stringed swatter, electric sparks slicing the air Not limited to morning nor night, at constant duress from malice Bulging eyes, attracted to the unfortunate color of blood All red, everything around it based with evil intent? What crime has it committed, other than simply existing Those hefty black eyes, […]

Did you too get a glimpse of it last evening sinking slowly beyond the hills? Did you too get a gaze of it as the evening fell, sinking slowly beyond the dancing falls? A motionless sphere An exquisite Synthesis of light and eye as it rises Between the falls; a god’s golden eye, an enlightenment […]

… humidity made my hair stick to my shoulders as we walked to the Orcas show. The sound of the rollercoasters blazing past made me eager for the Orca show to end; after all seeing the whales was the adults’ idea.  As we entered the auditorium, the floors were already soaked with water. We made […]

blessed. I never had to work for much. I’m brown, forming connections with only those similar to me. I’m sporty, never getting enough of the athletic activities around me. I can’t change how I turned out. My environment simply shaped me. This was true until I had a ripe orange basketball in my hand, the […]

How can it be that in a world of extreme academic standards, masses of students continue to aspire?  Countless hours of study, numerous challenging classes, multiple days a week.  Booked. Deprived. Lost. Nonetheless, teenage students today strive for nothing less than exemplary—refusing the urge to slow.  In their rocky scale up the mountain, they don’t […]

What do you think of when you imagine failure?  Many associate it with a negative connotation. Society has led us to believe that the end goal is everlasting success. Avoiding failure at all costs.  But is failure always disastrous, or can it be an opportunity for growth? Society likes to characterize people early on, and […]

Although Erna Rosenstein is known in different parts of the world today, it wasn’t always that way. In fact, her first major international recognition came in 2021 when her work was displayed at the Hauser and Wirth gallery. Sadly, this achievement was awarded after her death, but she’s made many other great efforts throughout her […]

From the 1940s to the 1950s, the search for DNA was an infamous process of trial and error. The race to find the shape of DNA and how heredity worked began. And when the chaos subsided and the finish line was crossed, it was biologist Watson and Crick, two men, who were allotted the credit […]

Did you too see it, swaying, all day, in the wind? Did you observe it in the moonlight, its trunk rooted into the dry dirt— A natural, unnatural chaos, A blossoming array of buds and decaying leaves as it stood, Into the chains of its ivy; a blanket, a cover,  Choking the oxygen from its […]

Tuesday November 23rd—a day I had been anticipating for months.  Eek!  Finding the opportunity was extremely difficult. So I swore to myself I wouldn’t ruin it. It was my one shot to prove I was worthy of breathing the same air as someone who quite literally changes lives.  I walked in catching that clean scent, […]

So, where was I again? Ah yes, the tale of my high school confessions. Well you know… boring this, boring that… I’m in 10th grade suffering right now. Nah, I’m teasing, I have a better story to tell.  It all began on the day of our county swimming championship. I know right, I bet you […]

-on’t build without me” he called back, shutting the garage door. Clearly groceries were a more pressing matter.  So I waited . . . for thirty minutes before digging through the kitchen junk drawer to find a beginner friendly screwdriver and a rusted two-ton hammer. I maneuvered the oversized box up the stairs, its heaviness […]