Kyra

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Preposition Poem
toc Over the raging sea, Past reaching mountains, Under cool, stone bridges, Through falling leaves, Down a dirt road together Off into a bright sunset, We live, love, laugh, and change the world.

﻿sleep tight
Nor stomping hooves or clashing knights, throwing javelins and swords at dragons coughing fire, can halt the buzzing vibration //Until dawn draw us apart // **__The moon will smile down at us__**, We'll close our eyes contentedly. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Defeated dragons with lowered tails, lumber back to caves so __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Goodnight, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Goodnight, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">sleep tight. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">I say goodbye softly in your flickering ear until tonight.
 * <span style="color: #8a21b5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">of **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> your fuzzy body
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">upon my toes. **
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">A small separation of best friends until tonight; //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">I'll crawl beneath soft blankets, //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">and you 'll settle down, post a circle round my feet. //**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">*as crickets sing a lullaby **
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Knights blow soft kisses. __**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Key
__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Coordinating Conjunction __ //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Subordinating Conjunction // __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Independent Clauses 1 and 2 **__ //**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Compound-Complex Sentence **//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Dependent Clause 1 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">*Dependent Clause 2-Adverb **
 * <span style="color: #8a21b5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Preposition **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Hint Fiction
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Her soft cheeks shake as tears splatter the pavement, whispering voicelessly; the caged bird flutters weakly in her chest, a hopeless last chance of escape.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Blitscussions
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">A few days ago, I finished //"Incarceron"//, by Catherine Fisher. I had been wanting to read this book for a while, but whenever I was in the library I forgot about it. There's just too many good books at East. Anyway, Incarceron is a living, breathing nightmare of a prison. The Insiders weren't considered prisoners when they went in a hundred years ago; they were people who went inside to experiment with a new power, and live inside a paradise. Outsiders still think it is a paradise, as the Sapientihave told them. But the Sapienti truly know that Incarceron failed long ago. Legends of Sapphique's Return roam the prison and a fable of keys rustles in the air. Then in a fateful moment, a Starseer named Finn discovers a key, connecting him to Claudia, the owner of the second key. Claudia lives outside in a world of drama, annoying fiancés, and tight dresses. Her father is the Warden of Incarceron, the man she stole the key from...

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Blitscussions Revision
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">A few days ago, I finished //"Incarceron"//, by Catherine Fisher. I had wanted to read this book for a while, but whenever I was in the library I just forgot about it. There are too many good books at East. Anyway, back to the book. Incarceron is a living, breathing nightmare of a prison. The Insiders weren't considered prisoners when they went in a hundred years ago; they were people who went inside to experiment with a new power, and live inside a paradise. Outsiders still think it is a paradise, as the Sapienti, scholars and scientists of the Realm have told them. But the Sapienti truly know that Incarceron failed long ago. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Legends of Sapphique's Return roam the prison and a fable of keys rustles in the air. Then in a fateful moment, a Starseer named Finn discovers a key while searching for a way to Escape, connecting him to Claudia, the owner of the second key. Claudia lives Outside in a world of drama, annoying fiancés, and tight dresses. She stole the key form none other than her father- the Warden of Incarceron. Surprised when voices emit from each key, Finn and Claudia find a little latch that allows them to see and hear each other clearly. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Unraveling the mystery of a missing prince, a Queen, Escape, and the whereabouts of Incarceron, Finn and Claudia work together with friends, possible enemies, and against time. “Incarceron is a prison like no other. It gives life. It deals death. It watches all.” If you’re not drawn in by now, //The Times//, London reported that Incarceron was, “One of the best fantasy novel written for a long time.” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Recommending this book to anyone who enjoyed “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins, or the “City of Ember,” by Jeanne Duprau, I found a deep meaning of the story to be //keep courage and don’t give up//. I think this is because of all the problems Finn, Claudia, and the rest of the characters fought through and the many sacrifices they made, but in the end, well you’ll just have to wait and read what happens... <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">**P.S.** This book is currently being made into a major motion picture! I //REALLY// hope they follow the book and don't mess it up.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Rationale
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">As you can see, change was rare. I wasn't finished previously so I obviously finished, adding in some words, paragraphs, and adjusting my sentences. I hope you read //"Incarceron,"// by Catherine Fisher and enjoy it!

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Tone Analysis
//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">"Half of the population is not being encouraged to pursue studies that in addition to providing productive and rewarding careers, work on climate change mitigation to help save the planet for future generations."-By **Kristina Johnson** and **Kathleen Rogers**, Special to CNN // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Judging by the structure of the article, <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Wanted: Women Leaders in Going Globally Green], by Kristina Johnson and Kathleen Rogers, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">I believe the authors are saying that people have to start thinking about studying something they enjoy, and is good for the planet and economy, even though most people aren't. I think this because of the words, //" to pursue studies that in addition to providing productive and rewarding careers, work on climate change..."// and how the paragraph starts off so abruptly with, //"Half of the population is not being encouraged..."// You see, this reveals that the ladies who wrote this are concerned about the next generations ability to choose jobs they will enjoy and be good for the Earth, because of the fact we are having trouble in this generation currently. I can tell that they are concerned, if not a little angry and frustrated, by an urgency I feel from the article when they begin immediately.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Extended Metaphor
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">The night sky is an ocean of fireflies, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">it's reflection gleaming upon the Earth it flows over. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Like glowing fires, some drift down to our planet while <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">others fade away, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">forgotten like so many before them. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Observing <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">their golden eyes blink, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">stare, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">then as dawn yawns, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">turn them to the heavens, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">keeping peace among the universe. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">We call them our own, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">our little guardians. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Our fireflies. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Our night sky.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">﻿Digital Vocabulary
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Definition** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">–adjective1.<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|bizarre]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. 2.<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">fantastic in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|the]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My mind's version of the word //grotesque// is shown above. As you can see, I've used some gargoyles. Personally, I find that these creatures mounted on old cathedrals and various buildings throughout Europe are quite creepy and unnatural in shape. Or, in other words, grotesque. I also find barbed wire and chains ugly; they always make me think of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" by John Boyne. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Now you're probably thinking, "Why the bright, pretty watercolor painting?" Well, that leads to what I think the meaning of grotesque is; when you take something beautiful, and wreck it. Chains and barbed wire should only be used to support fences or used in engineering, etc. Not to imprison or rip someone's life to shreds. Gargoyles were designed to transport water from a roof and away down the side of a building. Otherwise, rainwater can erode the the mortar between stone blocks, ruining the structure. However, these stone creatures are even described as grotesque in [|Wikipedia], plus the fact that our minds can play tricks on us with these inhuman pieces of odd artwork. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">All in all, putting all these pieces of work together I come up with what I think a perfect form of digital vocabulary to //grotesque//.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Linktribute
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Paint] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Gargoyles] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Barbed Wire]

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Never Ever
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">An afterthought <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">not given a chance <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">Ranked <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">by appearance <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">A rampage of attitudes <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">A contribution of loss

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">the breaking point <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">…

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Tied <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Scratched <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Beaten <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">an unfortunate spot

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A final ending <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">A defensive fight <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Beating On The Door <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">tightness overwhelms <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">last chance

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">last chance

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">too late <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">Carried High <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;">Lifted Out

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The End

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 140%;">Life Of Me
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For the life of me… <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> I can’t understand. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What happened? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Haunting my dreams I see the car. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Red, dented bumper, stickers covering it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LIE-862R <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hands Grab Mine. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Darkness. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another red car. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Flashing lights. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Whirring. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Shouts and curses enter my hearing in bursts of sound. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I feel nothing. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A tear feels hot. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">That’s it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nothing at all. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wait. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Where’s James? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I try to call out but nothing escapes. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Light shines. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Darkness. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">cold.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i am cold. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My chest doesn’t rise. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i am nothing. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i am dead. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">beep <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">beep <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">beep <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My eyes are glued shut. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">glued shut <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i moan and gasp as pain snatches me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the fear rips my eyes open. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a hospital? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">blinking lights <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">forever blinking <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">blurred together <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">orange, blue, green, red <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the beeping never ends <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">beep beep beep <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">my heart <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Again, the searing pain. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Something cold touches my hand. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I scream. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nothing. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No sound. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My head hurts. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I can’t move. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s still there. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The cold… <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I remember. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The red car. LIE-862R. Stickers. Hands. James... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">James? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">James? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">no no no <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">no-no-no-no-no! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">James! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Heart pounding I turn. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Red; it’s everywhere. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I see a lock of tousled blonde hair. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I smile. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I hardly get it out but I whisper “James” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">nothing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">nothing at all. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“James?” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I say louder. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Panic sets in... I feel the cold bump me again <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A hand. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The hand; James’s <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">no… <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Darkness. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the lights stare at me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">blinking blinking <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“stop” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i freeze <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i can talk? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i can talk! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i can talk. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“stop” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i smile. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“stop” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i say it louder. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Stop!” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Stop!” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“STOP” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“OH MY GOSH" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“I SAID STOP” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i scream and throw pillows at them, the anger boiling inside me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“stop, stop, stop…” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">then tears fall. heavy fast. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">clunk <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i hear footsteps. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the lights laugh and keep blinking <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">blinking blinking <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the lights stare at me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">… <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Come on James!” I yell, smiling. Simply feeling happy, I turn a grab a cup of water as I feel his arms encircle me. I look up from the ground. Then promptly drop the water filled glass. It shatters. He releases me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s them. Black eyes, like raccoons. Their perfectly curled hair bounces along behind bedazzled pink tank-tops. Red, shiny, and glossy lips. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Images of un-perfected perfection. The old me; the before theproblem-everything-theincident-happened me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I reach back towards James, motioning for him. But he’s gone. Gone? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Glaring at me they grow taller in their black high heels, stretching like snakes and growing perfect white fangs. She smirks, hissing “It’s your fault.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And lunges. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">i sit up in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a tangle of sheets, stained with sweat. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">my head is wet; my fingers come off red. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">painhurtangerfear <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">overwhelm me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Darkness.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: Can you come?! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: i dunno. haven’t asked yet... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: well hurry!!!! plz... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: k. im gonna. james is already on the way. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: uh-oh :0 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: oh shut up. i think mom will say yes.... i hope <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: Well hurry up and ask!! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: jeez hang on!!!! im gonna. :P <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: wait! what r u wearing? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: um, what shud i? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: the silky blue and purple one. you look good in it... :) plus im wearing the green one, so we’ll match <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: alright <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: did u ask yet? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: no!! hang on! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lindsay: Hurry! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Me: alright already!!! i’ll txt u back in a min. im asking now... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">..... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Mom!” I shout, “Can James take me to Lindsay’s party tonight?” I hear some pans clattering in the kitchen. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Don’t shout across the house!” She calls back. I hear a voice mutter, “Well you just did.” I turn and smile at my younger brother and sister sitting next to each other and actually reading for once. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Homework?” I ask. He nods. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Mom says we can’t watch TV until we read for thirty minutes.” He frowns and my sister issues him a ferocious shh! “Jeez ‘Manda, I’m sorry.” He whispers with a hint of sarcasm. She glares at him then turns to me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Will you please tell Branden to be quiet?!” She demands and before I can respond- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Dinners ready!” Mom shouts. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“There she goes again.” Branden grumbles and shoves a bookmark in his book and Amanda shoves him as she stalks off to the bathroom. We watch her, Branden asks, “What’s up with her?” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I roll my eyes and say, “That new movie she wanted to see is playing on ‘ABC’ in an hour or so I think.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">My phone buzzes and, of course, it’s Lindsay being a bug and urging me to ask my mom. Quickly washing my hands, I flick Branden with the clear water droplets clinging to my long fingers, and dash downstairs to the kitchen. Grabbing a bowl of macaroni off the counter, I race into the family room and sit in my chair. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Mom-” I began. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Hang on... BRANDEN! Hurry up!” She yells just as my little brother sits down. He snickers and I smile as he mutters a quiet “Don’t yell across the house!” Mom hears and smacks him playfully across the head with a wooden spoon. He moans and makes fake sobbing noises while Amanda and I laugh, pushing our green beans sneakily onto Branden’s plate <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Sorry; I’ll have to work on that, though it is my house” she says smiling. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“What? Blaming us for doin’ the same thing?” Branden says. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“That’s called hypocrisy,” Amanda says proudly. “I think.” She gives us a confused look. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Wow, I’m impressed! Where did you learn that..” Branden teases, poking her side. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Alright, alright. That’s enough. ‘Manda, would you please bless this food?” Mom says, sliding into her seat. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Yes ma’am. Lord, let these gifts to us be blessed. Thank you for this food, our clothes, and our house. Be with Grandma and Grandpa because we miss them very much. Amen.” Amanda watches as Branden picks up his fork and begin to shovel thick, cheesy clumps of macaroni into his mouth. “Branden! That’s disgusting!” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ding-Dong! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Oh! Who’s that?” Mom starts to get up, moving towards the door and I jump up. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Uhh, that’s James. He’s picking me up for Lindsay’s party.” I give her an apologetic look and race towards the door as I hear Branden explain to her that I was trying to ask her. But when I get their it’s open; my dad and James are shaking hands in the perfect picture of father greeting his daughter’s date. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“How ya doing son?” My dad’s deep baritone voice rumbles. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Good sir. Taking your daughter to a party, if it all right.” Branden says. He turns to see me and begins to say something, but Mom cuts me off as she walks into the living room. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“James! Have you eaten dinner yet? We have some leftover mac 'n' cheese if you’d like some.” She gives him a hug, and I smile at her height of 5.4 against Jameses’s towering 6.1, when he hugs her back. He looks at me, searching for an answer to dinner. I just shrug. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Nah, but thanks. The party starts soon so we’d better go.” He says, walking over and giving me a hug. Branden and Amanda rush in, Amanda hiding behind me, and Branden tackling James. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Whoa champ! How’s the fort going?” James asks, plopping Branden on his shoulders. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Great! I put in some more boards and...” I turn away as Branden blabbers off about the fort he and James started a couple weeks ago. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Thanks mom. How was work today dad?” I give him a hug and breath in that fatherly scent he wears like a second skin. I release him and step back as he replies, “Good. I’ll have to tell you about a patient I had today.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I turn to mom and give her a hug, “Thanks for dinner.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“You bet. Have fun and be safe.” She says. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“What time would you like her home?” I hear. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Around 10:30; it’s still a school night.” My dad responds to James. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Alright. See you then!” James high-fives Branden a last time and gives shy Amanda a tickle. Then he helps me with my coat and we walk out in to the night. Waving a final time to my family, I open the beat up, blue Chevy’s door and clamber in. James pulls his door shut and gives me a quick kiss. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">quick kiss <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">kiss quick <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">quick <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">kiss <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">kiss <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">quick <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">forget <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">forgot goodbye <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think I’m going crazy... <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pain is no more <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">staring...staring...staring <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the colors of my world <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">have blurred together <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">blank slides <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">passing in front of my face <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">hands <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">voices <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">movements <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">nothing <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and it repeats <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m in a hallway <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Walking <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fluorescent lights flicker overhead <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I sit on a cushion <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Randomly resting in the hallway <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I watch <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nurses race back and forth <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Doctors shout orders <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">An EMT carries a cup of coffee. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Suddenly I’m blinded. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">And darkness. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">fading <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> fading <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> fading <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">//I love you my family... I will see you again// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">final thought <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;"> fade