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• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  How I Love Him

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  I love him. He is my typical guy- smart, funny, sweet, a tad geeky. You have to understand that I am smiling as I write this, as I think about him, and I probably won't stop anytime soon. Anyway, I really did not like him when we first met. I could have cared less for him. But, he starte...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Inside the Mind of No One

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  Colors. Endless Colors. Swirling around me like- Chasing me like- Fooling me like- What? Lights. The lights in my head That Never fade. I am in a Fog. A deep abyss Filled with Nothing. But, Everything That matters. Smooth. Smooth talking. Smooth sounds coming from yo...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Selfish

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  Do you see all of the Frowns On all of these Faces? They are more Than just Names. They are people- With stories And problems And actual lives they need To live. So how can we just Sit here And refuse To think about them? We are embarrassingly selfish. So selfish. Really. Why Ca...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Defining Us

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  This is a thought that has latched on to consciousness and dared to come alive. It has dared to awaken the frozen paths of the heart which have not been trotted on in many forevors. It is bringing light and warmth to the forgotten corners of the heart, and mind, and soul. It i...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Two Hearts

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  I can hear the hear thu-thumping of his heart as I affectionately lay my head against his chest. I like to think that the only reason his heart is beating is because of me. Of course I know it's not true, you know, biology and stuff. But, it's nice to think that I am the one that can make ...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Daughter

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  I can hear the man coming towards me, and a chill sends a shiver through all of my bones. I don't dare open my eyes; I would rather live my last moments thinking of good memories instead of staring at the man that will bring me my death. With every footstep, my muscles tense that much more. Tea...
• Opinion > Love / Relationships
  Glass Hearts

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  We are all so broken. We start of our lives whole and happy. But, one event shatters our hearts into a million little pieces, like shards of glass. The space between the pieces of our hearts holds our tears. They are kept there, like a reservoir. That is why we can not cry, even if we want to. Our t...
• Opinion > Love / Relationships
  It Comes From Within Ourselves

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  If the things that we find strength in aren't strong enough to hold themselves up, then what strength are we really getting? We are getting a false sense of security, a false sense of happiness, and a false sense of love. We are trying so hard to pretend that we can take these things and mold t...
• Nonfiction > Memoir
  I Do Not Communicate With Words

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  Language is a precious thing in life. It is used to communicate and unite various people and cultures. However, it has an astounding ability to separate. It separates thoughts from actions and spoken words from beliefs. Most importantly, it separates us by our ambitions, dreams, and talents. Pe...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  (Finally) Taking the Initiative

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  Yesterday, I went to the gym with my sister and my best friend. For most of the time, we were using the stationary bikes, but then we wanted to use stair steppers. I saw that there were three of them, one for each of us, and I thought 'Perfect!'. The only thing that wasn't perfect, ho...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  My Mask

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  "She doesn't mean what she says. She never means what she says." These words constantly ring in my head, like sirens that won't shut off. "Don't believe her. She's just joking." But the way Melanie smirks before she turns away causes me to doubt my theories....
• Opinion > Discrimination
  We Have All Been a Child

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  I am a child. I am looked down upon. I have no say in the way the world works. I have no chances to make myself known. I am writing a book. Whenever I tell my friends, teachers, etc… they just nod. Some say that it’s cool, others have told me that I’m just a child. What does that mean, exactly...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Living in Memories

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD

  She felt his presence all around her. She was in love with him. Audrey. That was her name. Forever she loves Connor, and yet he has no way of loving her back. Old and crippled, she sat in her bed in the tiny town of North Star, Ohio staring at the picture from the night that no one knew would change...
• Art /
  Photo > Photographs
  

  Going Places

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD
• Art /
  Photo > Photographs
  

  The Sun Breaking Through

  

  By carolinestarr, Ellicott City, MD