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  Fluttering

  By Ariel D., Jenison, MI

  My heart pounded as I slowly drifted through darkness. My tiny moth wings fluttered unconsciously, as if in a trance. "Almost there, almost there," I whispered to myself, shaking with an uncontainable excitement. The light. It was dazzling. Its brightness filled every inch of my vision. It cloa...
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  Front Line of Embarrassment

  By Ariel D., Jenison, MI

  Humiliated to the point of tears, I stepped out of line. My kindergarten peers giggled and whispered. More than anything, I wanted to disappear, melt into the ground. I stared at the floor, desperately searching for an escape. As the seconds passed, my stomach twisted into knots. The large and frigh...
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  To Take My Breath Away

  By Ariel D., Jenison, MI

  I was drowning in air. For hours, I counted each tedious breath. I forced air into my wheezing lungs, exhaled, and fought for motivation to breathe again. My body was numb as I tried to stay conscious. On every laborious breath was a deep hacking cough that scrapped across my burning lungs and i...
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  Islands in the Stream

  By Ariel D., Jenison, MI

  A flood of people pours into the hallway. They smoothly spiral around each other as they glide toward their destinations. Perhaps from above they resemble a colorful, bubbling stream. Or maybe they are more like a giant cloud, turbulently swirling within itself, yet sliding forward. As we move cl...