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Falling in love is strange. You meet someone and suddenly you can’t live without them. However, falling in love is likeholding a candle. Candles brighten your world and everything smells pretty.Candles start to melt and burn you. Eventually, everything is darker, and all you are leftwith is the BURN!

You were more than a goal. You weakened my resolve. All that you are, softened my soul. If I had never met you. I’d never know this pain. But if I had never met you, love would have never drove me insane. Everyday I’m in a daze. A desperate hollow shell. Filled with total gloom, as I gasp in this hell. I know we’ll never be. But my soul still calls. It Rings til no end. Truly wishing you…

Therein lies the truth A person might hear about alligators swimming in sewers or ravens flying through chimneys to steal water and think they have entered another dimension. Instead, they have entered into a world of myths. Early on in Introduction to Mythology, readers learn that myths are stories loosely based on some truths. They often contain deep-rooted values of the culture that…

The Lost Boys of Sudan

The documentary “God grew tired of us” reaches deep into the lives of “The Lost Boys” and the Dinka culture. Through all the war and trauma, they remain a powerful and proud people. Their cultural markers include music, dance, clothing, food, and language. They also value education, family, community, faith, and hard work. The Dinka’s are a collective society that has strong uncertainty…

Animal Imagery Analysis Of Othello

Underhanded Victimization

Written by, Kelly Blake

We all know what it is like trying to convince someone to see things our way. Very often, people do not understand what our words mean, so we must be creative. The use of figurative language to represent objects, actions, and ideas appeal to people’s physical senses. These specific sets of words help us express thoughts more vividly or bring…

Is This Love that I’m Feeling?

Love is something that we all experience throughout our lives. Whether romantic relationships are good, bad, or mediocre, we crave them; however, sometimes we complain about them. Furthermore, love is a battle between pleasure and pain, and it can make us feel foolish. In the poem, “If it’s not love, then what is it I feel?” by Francesco Petrarco, translated by Robert M. Durling, the translator,…

Do more than dream: My analysis of MLK “I have a dream speech”

by: Kelly (Kasper) Blake

Martin Luther King Jr delivers his “I have a dream” speech to a mixed crowd of whites, blacks and civil rights activists fighting for the rights of blacks. He speaks in an even tone using metaphors that people can relate to on an everyday basis. He also includes his children in the speech because he wants to appeal to the parental aspect of everyone in the crowd. He…

Men often view women as weak creatures ruled by their bodies, emotions, and lust. This warped view contributes significantly to the struggle that women face legally, physically, and mentally. In “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses mood, imagery, and symbolism to further the theme of her story that women are often treated as the weaker sex. Gilman uses these methods as a means to…

I saw the makeup that you wore today

I’m sure it was pretty but now it’s smeared

It’s not from affection or someone’s sweet kiss

It’s a path of sadness built by your tears

When will you ever have had enough

Of words hurled at you that hurt just like fists

-Kasper

Fear is free, Your ignorance is costly

You don’t need to love politics or even follow them closely to see how broken our nation currently is. There is a clear division of either love or hate for our current President, Donald Trump. I am not a fan of Trump personally, but even I disagree that Trump has created the current level of racial tension. Trump might be a racist, but racism does not begin with Trump. Racism has always been…

Instructional videos help companies guide their customers through complicated situations with simple and informed visuals. They provide knowledge of a product or its working method to clients in an interactive, effective, and engaging way.

Instructional videos are detailed and give step by step instructions to teach something while making learning more effective. They are meant to teach,…

Adult sibling estrangement is unspoken wretchedness that affects many families. Early childhood dynamics often play a part in the breakdown of these family ties. Relationships between siblings can sometimes metastasize into toxic situations that are difficult to repair. Very often, one or more sibling decides that they are done. Siblings who cannot appropriately deal with conflict are more likely…

The scent of love never fades

The dust covers the boxes in the attic like a thick fur. No one has visited this part of the house in several years. Sarah detests being the only one willing to take on the task of clearing out her grandparent’s belongings. Everyone in the family has avoided the house since their passing, so now it is Sarah’s responsibility. The house is showing signs of wear and tear, but it still has a snug…

The things you told me to capture my heart

Were lies simply told but I played my part

I drowned in your sea and lost myself

From the depths of despair my world fell apart

I ended up alone holding a heavy heart

You shattered my life with tight fisted hand

Wanting to be wife I pushed away friends

With little information they wouldn’t understand

I was a broken mess so I…

Life goes on

Even now that you’re gone

I no longer feel damaged

I have moved on

Away from your existence

I don’t feel lonely

I keep emotional distance

No turning back time

I’m living for me

I’ve mastered the climb

Ready for the world

Being all I can be

Embracing this life

My wounds are healed

The pain is gone

There’s a new reality

Your…