The sky was set ablaze by the reddish light of the setting sun. The air was heavy with gloom; the sepulchral gloom of death. This autumn evening I stood alone. Before me was the person who had opened a new dimension to my life and taught me how to overcome the hardships of life. The one before me ha...

• Word Count: 532
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

I believe in happiness, in undeniable and sincere happiness. People feel happiness in different ways. It is an individual feeling. In the early morning, an old woman of my neighborhood comes out of her home and feeds purring and meowing cats; they move in circles around her, and she becomes happy. A...

• Word Count: 482
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The silent energy of everything together builds up higher and higher until it seems the wild is moving as one. ... In the spring the trees are filled with a choir of songbirds, all singing together in delicate harmony. ...

• Word Count: 636
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School