So Many Tears

I left without saying goodbye first and gave most of my memories to Gabriel. I'm not good at all.” “But you are Jonas. You had to leave so that you could save Gabriel and throughout your journey, you chose Gabriel's life over yours. Don't you see? You took all those risks for the ones you loved. You are braver than I or anyone else in the community. Just promise me one thing, Jonas.”…

“The Tantrum” by AE Stallings initially describes a situation wherein a child allegedly suffers the loss of her mother, however the poet does not explicitly state that the mother has suffered a physical death. In this poem, AE Stallings uses the extended metaphor of “the tantrum” to describe the severed relationship between the mother and child, and further builds on the melancholic tone of the poem through the use of diction. This poem describes a child’s perceived loss of her mother to world,…

When caught sight of Santa by the grinches, they quickly ran away, when came in shining his candy cane up in the air, the elves glad that Santa had come, ran up to him and cried tears of joy. After eating fresh cookies and cold milk that came Santa, the elves quickly rushed back to work, to make presents for all the nice children that had done good deeds, although the elves have suffered from the grinches, they will never forget…

that! When I got there mom had a strange look on her face. She and dad had just finished bringing our cat Frank to the vet as you know. He was having problems with his bladder so they went to get him a checkup. He wasn’t with them, which confused me. I asked, “Where is Frank?” Mom then said, “ We had to put him down.”I was so surprised I didn’t even…

assumed unfamiliar, yet strikingly shameful, damage. Grief is one of the most human experiences we encounter. Miriam Greenspan encourages grief in its own way, not as a pathology, moving across a nonlinear process of shattering, expansion and surrender so that gratitude may be achieved (Greenspan, 2003, p.101). Identification…

Kelly Clarkson, the first “American Idol” finalist to win the world wide sensation singing contest, has recently performed in the last season of “American Idol” - Season 15, and she proved that 15 years later, she is still the most epic idol ever and cried over it. Fans following American Idol know that Kelly Clarkson was the first person to ever make a hit out of being the first “American Idol” to win the competition. She brought wave after wave of No. 1 hits but “E!” describes her as the No.…

Interstitial Keratitis, or its abbreviation “IK” for many ophthalmologists, is an inflammation of the cornea. “Keratitis” is the term for inflammation of the cornea, while “interstitial” refers to the area between cells. In this case, it refers to the stroma—the area between the epithelium and endothelium of the cornea. Other names include “nonulcerative keratitis”, which describes the inflammation as not breaking through the epithelial layer of the cornea via sores, “syphilitic keratitis,”…

"M-milor-" "FUCKING KILL THE DEMON! DID YOU NOT HEAR ME?" Sebastion yelled at the maid. With tears in her eyes, the young girl quickly nodded and ran away. After half an hour, the hunting hounds were chewing on something small, pink and fleshy. Ripping it to shreds in a matter of seconds. It was not even identifiable after the first few times it…

heart. "I don’t think I can do this anymore," she typed. Her heart began to break the second she hit send. She waited anxiously for his reply. "It's alright. It was good while it lasted. You've been so good to me and I can never thank you enough," he replied. As she read, her face became wet with tears. She turned on the some that reminded him of the girl who never loved him back. The lyrics had taken on a new, personal meaning for her. It spoke the truth about how she felt about him, as she…

her for realizing my need to get out of that cocoon of silence. I said I felt good. I felt free. I felt complete. When I finished, for some strange reason, everyone clapped and cheered. I could not believe it. Mrs. Thompson came to me and hugged me so tight I felt my lungs bulge. “I have been waiting for you to speak for ages,” she whispered. I told her I never knew I could do it. That it was purely her motivation that got me to that…