Slices of Time

I was lying in my dark room, falling deeper and deeper into a trap I laid for myself. I was chained in shackles placed by my own mind. I was caught in a deep, dark abyss of my own thoughts that intruded and clouded my mind. I was lying on my cold bed for hours as time seemed to drag on and on. I was wasting away in my own self pity and negative thoughts. Mistakes I had made in my past projected and re...

A soft orange painted the sky, reminding me of the summer days gone by. The beating sun poured heat onto my back like a fresh coat of paint on a newly built house. The warm colors of summer swiftly danced as far as the eye could see. The timeless summer was coming to an abrupt end. Slowly riding my bike down a narrow sidewalk lined with extravagant green and yellow trees, a cool breeze was slowl...

Slowly riding along in my close friend Jack’s dark brown Volvo, a youthful night invigorated us. Energy and excitement flowed like a river throughout our bodies. We had bought energy drinks and started driving around beneath the starry, boundless sky, eager for what awaited us. The seat warmer heated my stiff back while cool air coasted onto me. Laidback, harmonious music flowed through both our bod...

When I was in first grade, my mom found out she was sick. During that time, she had brain fog — the kind of fog that clouds your eyesight and makes you feel like you can’t breath. She would stand around for hours, just standing there, not knowing what she was doing or what was happening around her. When she wasn’t having brain fog, she would be sleeping because her sickness was killing her....

When I first truly grasped the idea and possibility of going into “quarantine,” I was completely ecstatic. I reveled and bathed in my excitement. I knew school could be closed for who-knows-how-long. I imagined spending the days hanging out with friends and sucking up all the time I could. Little did I know, quarantine would be one of the hardest situations I’ve ever dealt with emotionally. I...