Monthly Archives: May 2022

The American Dream

Everyone talks about the American dreamAn equal opportunityAll your goals will be achievedLike a house made of cardboardDecorated beautifullyIt looks pristine at firstBut as time wears on it slowly weakensBucklingAnd eventually lays in a pile of what once wasWhat once … Continue reading

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Homecoming Part Two

As the plane accelerated, Aaron felt a push on his back. A push that is going to take him further away from his home, a push that is going to take him to the place he has been wanting to … Continue reading

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Aunt

Ever since we moved into the apartment, Aunt has been there. See, I was never a well behaved kid growing up. With the addition of a little brother, things became even messier. We moved out of a house and into … Continue reading

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Tears In Rain

“All those moments will get lost in time, like tears in rain”. Looking out the window of my mom’s car as thousands of cars pass by always brings me to a point where I can make the world still. The … Continue reading

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The Boy’s Flute

The boy’s internal change throughout the story of The Road is one of the most important aspects of the book. What is terrifying about the setting of this story is that it can drive a sane man bizarre, and the … Continue reading

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Your Inner egoism

Humanity is the miracle of this world. It is what society is built on. Although the society on surface looks like a functional altruistic community, humanity in reality is actually egoistic. Throughout American literature, multiple famous pieces point to the … Continue reading

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In a Big City

It rushes past me through the dust This and that, a kid on her gust. One reach to her heart and over. He is turning his spinning wheel. It glances in the city’s dust At teens and tanners, leaves them … Continue reading

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Beautiful Fool

Daisy is certainly painted to be a beautiful, rich woman, but she is certainly not the fool that she wants her daughter to be: “‘She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. … Continue reading

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Selfless Devotion

Martin Luther King once said: “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” Altruism is the devotion to the welfare of others, regard for others, as a … Continue reading

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Disguised Love

I am from love disguised:  stairwell singing and piano room dancing.  I am from a gingerbread home on a busy street  With loud backyard parties, where company is all you need.  I am from purple lilacs  Whose scent hugs me … Continue reading

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