Tears

“The “best decision” may actually be the worst one. Your top choice college may send you head first into a spiraling depression because the only person that could have helped was at the closest community college,” – Anonymous. Hot tears streamed down my cheeks as I cried myself to sleep at three o’clock in the afternoon. I was in the capital of Texas going to one of the best universities in the country for free, but something wasn’t right. I spent nights trying to figure out what to do with my…

As the note, slid to the floor beside her feet. Tear drops slid down Isabella’s face. She stared into the fire lost, confused and alone as she reminisced on the past few months……… Being, the youngest daughter of one of the country’s, most influential men. Isabella never had a normal childhood. Sheltered by her father and three sisters; she felt trapped and never truly herself. Her father, Warth, was a wealthy merchant and was traditional, in every aspect of his life and proud of the customs of…

weakly until he fully vanished. She was pulled back to her home from an emergency force they had created in case one went missing. But, he wasn’t missing. He had disappeared, and he could never come back. Tenellebria collapsed to the ground, more tears erupting from her swollen eyes. She started to thrash her arms on the ground, for she never got to say “goodbye” or “I love you.” She soon felt herself painfully vanishing…

I just want to be alone. Mom tries to hold it together for my sake, but I can see the pain in her eyes. Even as a ten-year-old, I know what happened when, two days ago, my dad left in the car and never made it back home. A car crash sent me into this spiral of depression. Just a mistake, an accident, but I can’t even think about what happened. I need to leave this house, because every memory of my dad sends me into a whirlwind of emotions. Everything here reminds me of him; the log cabin, the…

The look in her face the look of disappointment, the way her lip quivered at me, and the tear. The tear that haunted me that whole night. As I ran all I thought was how could this have gotten so bad, and how will I face my mother. In To Kill a Mockingbird the most significant to me was, “You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change.” I was very significant to me because it is…

careful, this shouldn’t have happened, you were only 20 how could you be pregnant. Tears started to well in your eyes as you thought about what this meant, your whole life was going to be flipped around in one way or another, if you kept the baby or not. Things were going to change, but at least you’d have your dad. He was only 17 when he got your mom pregnant he’d know what to do, he could help. You dried your tears and cleaned up throwing the test into the trash before making your way to the…

Farewell My Love My face was blank with no expression, as my fellow classmates cried their eyes out. Hugging and kissing went on simultaneously while others waved goodbye through the windows of the crowded, filthy bus. I felt no emotion other than the warm, silky, hands of Amy who sat beside me on our ride home. “Idiots aren’t they… huh?” Amy smirked faintly. “Totally who would cry about such a thing,” I snickered. “ Why can’t they understand that high school starts only in a few months and…

Name: Pierce Thompson Section: 8B Why does Ralph cry at the end of Lord of the Flies? What does Golding mean when he writes about “the end of innocence” and the “darkness of man’s heart?” LoF Analytical Essay: The Savagery of Mankind and What it Does to People Lord of the Flies is a novel by William Golding about a group of boys who survive a plane crash on an unknown island. They start by building shelters and a large fire to create smoke for ships and planes to see. However,…

She 's a ghost, or monster, or SOMETHING. She lost her own child in a freak accident, so now, in death, she kidnaps children...and... a-and..." The quiet mother broke down in tears, sobbing too hard to continue speaking. Her husband, one of the only men here, did his best to console her. He picked up where she left off, even though it obviously pained him- "She kills them." “W-what? You’re telling ne Sara is going to...Dear…

difference was going to be made in my life. As I walked into my father’s office I saw my brother sitting there in tears and I started shaking. It was at that moment that I knew my whole life was going to change My father went on to tell me how my brother had made a decision. “Nick, your brother has something to tell you.” I already knew what was going to be said and I began crying. The tears wouldn’t stop falling I tried to hold them back but it was no use. “Nick” my brother said “I have…