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Monday, December 18, 2017

“FEAR” by Ernesto C



            What is fear?
Is it a person?
An object?
An emotion?
Can it drive you insane?
Does it drive you to do drastic actions?
The scariest thing is that fear can be anything that you wish it to be
A father looking frantically for his son
A child laying in bed clutching his teddy bear in fear of the darkness surrounding him
A criminal about to get captured with a hostage, a firearm, and rapid thoughts
Each, a story behind their thoughts and actions they made
            A father looking frantically for his son
His body movements say he will kill anyone who has his boy
But his eyes are filled with fear, with thoughts he will never see his precious baby again
His mouth opens in despair while he is looking down on what seems the miles and miles of endless hordes of people
Screams and Screams of the little boys name is heard throughout the mall
People stop what they're doing and look to see what's going on but don't help
While the father is pushing through the gigantic crowd looking at the ground for his little boy
The mother has nearly lost hope of ever finding him and tears roll down her face
For the two it feels like it's been hours since he has disappeared
Her screams turn into yells into calls and into whispers
Her unbreakable spirit has finally shattered
While the father is looking in every corner and store getting more pushy and frightened as he looks with no results
The mother is shaking, but sitting and waiting at the last she saw her baby, hoping he will come back
The father's eyes are filled with joy as he spots his son
He is trying to reach the top of the gumball machine to put his quarter in the slot, with hopes to get his favorite color
He scoops his child up, yelling at him to never walk away from him again and then embracing him
As the child is complaining that he never got his gum because the quarter dropped on the ground
He hands his wife their little boy and her face lights up and she cries once more
Not out of fear but out of enjoyment that he found their son
                        In the dark winter night somewhere in the world
Some child's night light went out
He is now wide eyed and sitting up because he doesn't see the yellow light through his eyelids
He clutches his teddy bear in fear of the darkness, afraid of what can be lurking in the dark hours
He wants to go to his parents room but hears them snoring through their locked closed door
And he regrets going back into their room after they clearly said
 “If you go in our room again we will lock the door, and were not kidding this time.”
He whispers to his bear “ It's going to be okay teddy, you're going to protect me right?
As it stares blankly back at him, as he makes a little voice in his head answering back
“ Of course I will buddy” and they both go back to staring into the darkness
Backing up to the wall where no evil creature can come up behind him and take him away
He is looking towards the closet and door making sure nothing comes out of it
His overactive imagination his playing tricks on him
As he sees weirdly shaped arms and heads and he is truly frightened clutching to his bear for dear life
But after a few ten minutes staying up in fear, he doesn't notice he is knocked out, sleeping heavily
Blood rushing through his fingers and head
He can't think anymore he is just overloaded with fear and thousands of decisions at once
The major thought that is in his head is
“Why did i do this? My life was great and my family is going to be disappointed and hurt too”
Sirens are going off outside, with some officer telling him what to do, and inside is chaos
He is holding a hostage and is getting trigger fingers
He knows there is no escape that their going to catch him and put him in prison for life
His head is pounding and he can't think
And the news will say failed attempted bank robbery with eight hostages
This pounding can't make him make a clear decision it's overpowering him
Why does it hurt so much as he asks and the world is turning around him
Too much noise, Too many thoughts, so little time
He knows that the police is coming around back to kill him or to injure him and lock him up forever
Too much noise, Too many thoughts, so little time
He fears he has made his final mistake, and knows what he must do
Bang
Silence, as the hostages are in tears as the man has committed suicide
Fear can be anything at all
A person
An object
An emotion
It can make you insane
And it can make you do drastic action
This is why
There is nothing to fear but fear itself



“Her Sixteenth Year” by Edrea A



They say a girl's’ sixteenth year is the most important; and I would understand why. Typically that year, a girl goes on her first date, prom, has her first boyfriend, first job, first heartbreak and a number of all sorts of “firsts” that supposedly happens your sixteenth year. They even make movies about it.Well her sixteenth year started like any other cliche story would. It was a new school year and new opportunities. She was always a good girl, everyone's friend, the teachers favorite and loved by many. She was on the varsity cheer squad, her body stance looked like she came from a magazine, her hair was lush and she never failed to drop her smile. She was flourishing; her grades were on top, confidence like no other, and she never had a dull moment. She was as perfect as a cookie cutter and as organized as a planner. There was no such thing as a red light to her. 

As the school year went on by she noticed something was odd. Her makeup wasn’t quite the same shade and her clothes didn’t fit right. As soon as you know it she was gasping for air after cheer practice and when she gets come, her body is covered in bruises. Bruises that hurt so bad to touch.
One day after practice, she was walking to her car and suddenly she collapsed. 

The moment she wakes, the first thing she sees are bright lights. A voice came over and asked if she had remembered what had happened; and she simply shook her head in confusion. She glimpsed at her arm to see an ivy injected in her, and with her other hand she adjusts the oxygen to fit just under her nostrils. In the same hand a blood pressure and heart rate monitor is clipped on her finger and she hears a continuous amount of beeps. 

It was not long until the doctor came into the room to discuss what had happened. Maybe it was dehydration or simply fatigue. Looking at her parents the doctor says “You daughter has systemic lupus.” The doctor then explained she must be confined for further examination; there is no cure but there are treatments The room was not silent for long; her mother starts to weep in the corner and her father has his head down. Then they rushed her to a private room. 

And there she is. Who was once present in class everyday, now lays with an ivy in her for the next three hours. Her head filled with lush and healthy hair dies slowly with each and every round of chemo. The girl who can tumble perfectly is now losing her eyesight because the 8 prescription drugs she’s taking three times a day is raising pressures in her eyes that can be tumorous. And not to mention her kidneys are going through dialysis. 

But the one thing she never lost was her smile Her award winning smile, a smile that masked every needle and every drug. Things eventually got better for her. She may never tumble the same way or even have hair that will be as full but she will always have her smile. She will continue to be a good girl, everyone's friend, the teachers favorite and loved by many more. 

Her sixteenth year was everything but sweet; but she’s seventeen now and her “firsts’ are ones no one can beat.