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  The Growth of a Rose

  

  By Eliana, Fairifeld, CT

  I’ll never forget the day he left. I was only 10 when he took off down the road in his Mercedes, never to be heard from again. I’ve tried to erase the few memories I do have of him. I wonder if he ever thinks about me, or even cares. I hate him. I mean it. I really do. What he did to our ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Road of Life

  

  By Eliana, Fairifeld, CT

  You Began your journey helpless and young Crawling slowly under the rising sun As you grew you began to walk at a faster pace You stumbled on over rock walls and tiny hills Beginning to show your face The hills grew steeper The walls into craggy mountaintops And, still you traveled You could...
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  Gifts of the Soul

  

  By Eliana, Fairifeld, CT

  After raising more than $300 to prevent malaria in Third World countries, I felt amazing. While friends and family praised me for the gesture, I knew I would receive no recognition from the recipients. But what I did receive was a feeling that I can neither describe nor verbalize. I guess philanthro...