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  The Grace of a Dancer

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  She flows across the stage, Amid the scent of fresh burnt sage, Hair tightly wound in a bun, The outfit she wears is as bright as the sun, As graceful as a bird she soars, Acros the beautiful pinewood floors, Never a pause nor a stumble, Weaving through others who seem so humble, This gir...
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  The Swimmer

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  That moment when you secure your goggles over your head, And try to remember every word your swim coach ever said, Your stomach ties itself in knots, Your mind wanders to lunches tater tots, You quickly push the thoughts away, No room for thoughts other than swimming today, You step up on the...
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  The Mountain Path

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  A soft heat, A Mountain path where man and nature meet, The cloudless sky above, The warm tree stump where two could fall in love, A lightly worn path below, The sun provides a warm, soft glow, Trees quiver in the cool breeze, Animals live unaware of time's choking squeeze, The only sou...
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  The Depth

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  The deepest depth Is that of despair Hearts go to die low down in there The place dark and dank Deeper than where the Titanic sank It has never known light Only the returns of evil and spite I've become quite familiar with this low place This hell far colder than any part of space Whe...
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  Socially Accepted

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  That's not socially accepted they would say I'll still be who I want, be that as it may I'm not going to wear what they tell me to I don't care if Crocs are a frowned upon shoe My face isn't perfect but it's surely mine If they don't like me who cares I can st...
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  A New Perspective

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  How the dark night Her end in sight The last seconds of life drifted away She wished she hadn't come this fateful day When she had terrorized she never thought The victims of the reconciliation she had sought Would ever do anything like this As she readied for death's quiet kiss Sh...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  When My Sister Almost Died

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  It was a beautiful summer day. We were at our quaint little neighborhood. My sister was a little over one and I was eight. I was swimming with some girls while my mother conversed with theirs as mothers do. She turned her back away from my sister in her inner tube for only an instant. No one saw ...
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  The Place I Come

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  The earthy steps that lead to heaven A place that by humans that was long forgotten A cool breeze brushes by The clouds move across a blue sky The soft earthen seating The best place for imagination's meeting A place to inspire And to sit and admire A lovely place where the sunlight sh...
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  The Dark Red Shore

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  The night is dark A woman screams Her daughter cries The mother dies The little girl runs He catches her up She can't get away Despite all her tries The man ends her She lay there still She is no more On that red shore...
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  Social Murder

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC

  The day was cool The sun so bright With no thought of the previous night A delicious breeze ran through her hair She lay there still, without a care A single muscle she failed to move The sunlight danced round her As if in a silent groove The girl lay lifeless as he had wanted He so thou...
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  Bryce Canyon

  

  By Ariya, Charleston, SC