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Love Carried On

Love Carried On

Merissa Pittman, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

It’s warm today. Wind barely blowing. And I thought of you. This time it’s different. Difficult. I still smile. I still laugh like the joke was just heard. As if, it was a dream. Wish...

Just Call Your Mom, Just Call Your Dad

Just Call Your Mom, Just Call Your Dad

Selby Matyakubova, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

When you’re depressed, your mind is gone, You’re all alone on a battlefield, Don’t be afraid, just call your mom She'll make you feel relieved. When life seems hard, when you feel bad, And...

When Time Stands Still

When Time Stands Still

Rebecca Dickson, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

When time stands still Will we be locked in this moment forever? With this string attached to our hearts Over miles and miles away. When time stands still Can my soul race back to you To stand still...

Here I Sit

Here I Sit

Hailey Alderman, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

  Here I Sit as the jay bird beckons from a distance that makes his sweet song barely audible. Wind kisses my arms and legs, with her sweet lips she brings cool Air that rushes over you. Leaving...

First Loves

First Loves

Jamie Martin, Social Media Editor March 22, 2018

When I see you I melt  it’s the strongest thing I’ve ever felt  The way you make me feel  it’s so unreal The thought of you being my first  makes my insides burst  But I want you to...

Flood

Flood

Hailey Alderman, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

It won’t stop raining Rain beats against the tin roof Sounds like it’s going to cave It isn’t strong enough to hold It will flood The water keeps rising Worry rushes over me Soon it will...

Unanswered

Unanswered

Jamie Martin, Social Media Editor March 22, 2018

Why’d I let you hurt me again You said you were gonna be there ‘til the end Everyone tells me to leave you alone that I’m better off when you’re gone But I can’t let go of you Because...

The Place

The Place

Selby Matyakubova, Staff Writer March 22, 2018

I'll tell you, guys, about a place Where there's no evil, only good, Where there are warm and sunny days, And skies are luminous and blue. I love that place, I miss that place, But there's no...

that is the rock itself

that is the rock itself

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief March 21, 2018

(mostly,) when Sisyphus was pushing the rock his hands would sting and his bones would start to ache and in those moments he'd be too tired to keep going and let the rock roll   down while...

Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Fangsu Li, Staff Writer March 21, 2018

The moon is still bright outside, An unspeakable feeling welled up in my mind. The stars are still shining in the sky, But why do I feel chilly and lonely? When I consider everything that grows, A...

Too Mechanical for Cats

Too Mechanical for Cats

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief March 21, 2018

“spirit want more spirit” in the form of spirit because the form craves spirit   all's the form of spirit no need to look for spirit look at spirit – look at cat   looking...

Tonight, I Prayed for You

Tonight, I Prayed for You

Lajuana Banger, Staff Writer February 28, 2018

Tonight, I Prayed for You  Kneeling would put me in so much pain  but not in as much pain as I am now  I'm at war with an enemy, who only speaks tranquility....  dark en-caved thoughts blankly...