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  Breathing

  

  By Cronkleton, Lincoln, NE

  When one separates from another And the two find the separation painful They both must remember That the pain is like breathing in a race: Start out together and breathing is easy There isn’t a better time to breathe Standing on the tartan, before the race Him with her and her with him ...
• Poetry > Limerick
  Graduation

  

  By Cronkleton, Omaha, NE

  To live in separate hemispheres And keep in touch throughout the years With strange and convoluted twists The souls had always wanted this: A bond transcends some mere connection That only found upon reflection A friend for you and you to me With genuine reciprocity We talked with others...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  Chillin'

  

  By Cronkleton, Lincoln, NE

  When you’re forced to grow young, it ruins everything, everything. Everything that it means to be a kid. Let’s take the simple idea of going to a friend’s house for a couple hours to just “chill”. You can’t go. Well, physically you can go to their house but you can’t chill. You underst...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  Influental Person

  

  By Cronkleton, Lincoln, NE

  It was sunny when my mother picked me up from school and told me that we were going to go over to my grandmother’s apartment. She said she had an announcement to make and, even at that point, my gut told me it was not going to be good. We walked up the stairs to the apartment where my grandmother ...
• College
  Guide > College Essays
  The Paradox of My Past: Foreign and Familiar

  

  By Cronkleton, Lincoln, NE

  As I looked at the old building of Adoption Links World Wide, my past had never before seemed so real to me than at that moment. What I felt was at once alien and familiar. The hypotheticals and “what if’s” that had defined the research I had begun year ago were so authentic that they seemed t...
• Poetry > Limerick
  Left? Already?

  

  By Cronkleton, Omaha, NE

  You just arrive You’re out of breath You look around And then you’ve left So is it hard For you to stay And talk with me For just a day? But no you’ve got Things to do People to see But then who? Who in your life Would understand The way I get Your oddball brand? We’v...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Mirror

  

  By Cronkleton, Omaha, NE

  is it easy? that easy? to stare into The Mirror and truly understand what is seen? to blindly stare to accept without question without thought without curiosity into The Mirror and See? is what ones sees justifiable? honest? True? no I say! it is not that simple not that conven...