You envy the stars for they are free, they roam around the endless universe with no boundaries. You wanted to be like them too, you wanted to be free, free from society, free from doubts, free from the future and everything else. ... You looked at me with those haunting eyes of yours and say "I don't mind falling if I bring light to someone else's life, as I fall, I help others rise.... As you sat there, you started crying, tears streaming down your face just like the rain. ... I just hope that I could take out the bullets out from your head and place them in mine, to help you e...

• Word Count: 1172
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

She sat there in an empty field with the overly tall and too skinny boy who she calls "love" as he placed the white and lilac wildflowers carefully in her hair, being cautious as to make sure the others wouldn't fall out. ... Jack sat up slightly, looking over his girlfriend, his face expressionless. ... She was sure that the man hadn't heard her, but she was mistaken when he walked to the edge of her bed and sat down and laughed. ... Freeing yourself from this imaginary friend of yours will free you from all of this suffering.... He struggled with all his might and coughed...

• Word Count: 2531
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Oh, and yes we were going to help a small church build a bathroom and do a vacation bible school for the town children. ... Wow, what an awakening here I am free to come and go as I please, but the people of Mexico have huge high walls to keep them in, like caged animals. ... Finally, we arrive in Loma Linda, Mexico, we sat in front of a concrete two story box building with two steel doors and what appeared to be a very small house hooked on to the side of the church. ...

• Word Count: 1063
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

With his free, icy hand he started to caress her cheek, wiping the tears away as they fell from her eyes, he moved in closer, opening his chapped mouth, a black slime poured from it, trickling down over Vivian's gray sweat shirt. ... She sat in a daze, reliving the whole experience; she couldn't remember a time when she had been so scared. Jake's being there helped her to stay strong; he comforted her through the whole thing, reassuring her that it was just a dream. ...

• Word Count: 7199
• Approx Pages: 29
• Grade Level: High School