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"“Oh, I got it, sweety,” he says and takes it from her small hand. He tries to grab mine but I quickly clench my fist around it. His eyes meet mine and they are…

"The faint rumbling in the distance brings my hope up for a second, when I realize it is the R. The one positive thing about missing the train to the biggest job interview of…

"Members would be challenged to bring this imbecile of a man on an important journey. Rumor has it that multiple career-making discoveries had been foiled by the sheer stupidity of this man. Francis, however,…

"'What are you watching? Are you watching Shrek?' I asked. 'No. We’re watching this thing about zombies,' Nat said. 'What’s zombies?' I asked. 'It’s like when somebody dies, but then they come back to…

"Your electric toothbrush vanished from Mom’s medicine cabinet. My kitsch cast was claustrophobic with sharpie. The maple trees out my window turned red. How did the Continental soldiers survive six months of wind whipped…

"When I started playing with kids who actually cared about the sport, I found that having a life outside of activities might be moderately important. That’s saying a lot. I even had to force…

"What makes it special is that when the cards are put in the correct order, it opens a door to a world of unimaginable magic. A world where you can do whatever you want…

"Today is the first day of high school and I am COMPLETELY TERRIFIED. Not only because I am scared about high school, because I am sure most people are, but I am scared that…

"It seemed as if everyone in her class at college knew what they wanted to do in the future, and she just felt stuck. Stuck in a routine, stuck in her tiny house, stuck…

"Many people around the world are working collectively as a whole to find a vaccine to this terrible virus."

"Hushed, they wait in silence Waiting for the sun"

"My community is located about an hour’s train ride from New York City, the current epicenter of the nation's panic."

"Tests are on the computer. Work is on the computer. Everything, it seems, is on the computer."

"There is an opportunity before us, and we can use this time to change."

"to be deprived of emotion or the lack of sensation"

"2020 was supposed to be our year - how could it have gotten so bad so soon?"

"we shared an ice cream, by the shore and then i found that i much preferred your presence only in pictures"

"Science will pull through, vaccines and hydroxychloroquine and whatnot. Still, our vulnerability began to frighten me; who is really in charge?"

"Spending this past month with my sisters has made me realize how lucky I am to have them."

"Write. Make your voice be heard."

"For the overworked, recognition For the jobless, hope"

"Separation becomes isolation The few feet of space now a void of unknown"

"How do I comprehend this chaos?"

"You wonder if a small part of someone dies when they lose a loved one."

"Uncertainty aside, we all know what we want to happen. Undeniably, we all want life to go back to what it was before."

"The situation provides a chance for more challenge, creativity, and strength for more targeted interests."

"I broke up with my girlfriend over the phone. I cried for the first time since my basketball season ended."

"I would've told her that I was proud of her"

"The world is just like a sun That will not set When will the world Ever rest?"

"Desperate for restful sleep Beyond these walls, disconnect so deep"

"To kids in New York, it begins with the outdoors. To venture outdoors is sometimes a risk not worth taking."

"And we’ll think, Why didn’t we do something? Why didn’t we stop when we knew we should’ve?"

"It matters not, Whatever you bought, It need not be a lot"

"After the first few days, the excitement wears off and it's just pure boredom. No highs or lows, just a long, long straight line."

"your ceiling is your sky, and Now becomes engulfing"

"It was an emotional relief whenever I cried, but at the same time a giant tree breaking from the impact of this storm was at the brink of crushing me."

"I've got to switch out my pillows soon though; they're giving me neck pain. I wonder how the homeless are doing."

"Governors and the President both had daily briefings about the virus and how they were working to fight it."

"The first petals of Spring have arrived, but no one dares to admire their glory"

"The more people who work to defeat this, Then the stronger we will be"

"'In times like this, we will abide by our motto to function in disaster and finish in style.'"

"This is going to blow over in a month, I thought, just like the flu comes around every winter."

"We are, and always will be, humanity."

"I'm now fully experiencing the meaning of the expression, 'the grass is always greener.'"

"Ariel Phelan is a 13 year old writer and artist living in New York City. She loves to write historical fiction and realistic fiction short stories. When she is not writing, she loves drawing…

"I was only 3 when the virus hit so I don’t remember much from before everything changed. I don’t remember the virus too well either. The human brain doesn’t start making memories until you’re…

"H-huh? What? Has my hearing gone bad or something? I glanced to my side, only to see Karin’s eyes filled with hope and determination. Her eyes were the complete opposite of mine, filled with…

"Racism strikes again. Another unarmed black man, we all know as George Floyd, died because of a police officer’s racism. A good man minding his own business wiped from the earth from the say…

"The man had seen many different worlds in his time, and knew a song from all of them. He walked across the mountain peaks singing one of them. He plucked the banjo with the…

"Two days after Georgie and his mother arrived was the day of the funeral. They had been the first ones there, and the bright sun and cloudless sky were starkly different to the midnight…

"There was a prisoner lying on the wet ground, covered in mud from the battlefield so that their uniform was indistinguishable from the surroundings. Standing there in my own uniform, spattered with mud myself…

"Mom: You two are grounded. No parties, no car, no hangouts, nothing social, no boys, no phones, and no dessert for a month! Also, tomorrow you have to take care of your sisters because…