Life's Lessons

My life has taught me so much more than I would've ever imagined.
Things that had happened in the past, I hadn't understood them until now.
Like when I was in fifth grade I won this writing contest about what patriotism means to me.
That then hinted my writing future which yet at that point wasn't yet clear to me.
But as I grew older and older I started writing more and more and improved dramatically.
I soon began to realize that my writing had a purpose; had a meaning that people would appreciate.
I then applied what my life has taught me into my writing and at first I hadn't been sure if it would work but to my surprise it did.
To this day I continue to express myself in my writting, and teach others what I've learned.

Emily

I close my eyes and slowly feel as if I'm being amersed into a dream world.
I look around me and all I could see was this beautiful girl coming towards me.
Her black hair was tied up in a pony tail.
All you could see was her light brown eyes glimmering in the sun light.
Her beauty shined like an angel coming from heaven.
As she came closer and closer my heart began beating faster and faster and I knew she was the one who would capture my soul.
Her prescence warms me deep down inside and in knowing she'll be there when I need her most makes me know that in the end everything will turn out alright.

Going the distance

The world around us is vast in many different ways.
There are multiple elements about the world around us in which we will never understand.
But what is most commonly ignored in our society is life's challenges.
When life doesn't play out how we want it to we typically won't take the effort to make it better, instead we remain where we are.
But we can't let life's challenges get ahead of us otherwise it's like giving into an oppressor and we don't want that.
We must commit ourselves into taking that extra step, so that in the end it change our lives for the better.

The Shadowy Figure

It seems as if I was a misted in a world far too elusive for me to understand.

Visions of a shadowy figure would cloud my thoughts.

I'd gotten to a point where I wasn't frightened but rather confused on where I was.

I could feel sweat forming on my forehead as each moment would pass on.

But then my mind would be clouded once again and the shadowy figure would appear.

I felt the surface around me in hopes of getting some idea what kind of terrain I was in.

But all I could feel was icy cold brick.

I looked around me for a way out but all I could see was an endless wall that appears to have no ends in any direction.

There was no apparent source of light and yet somehow it appeared as if the walls were glowing.

But as I looked out towards the faraway distance something caught my eye.

I wasn't sure at first what it was but then I realized it was the shadowy figure that I'd seen earlier.

I called out to it in hopes of a response but all I could hear was the echo of my voice bouncing off the walls.

Then all of a sudden the shadowy figure slowly faded away.

Questions began sprawling in my head but most overwhelming was what did the shadowy figure want?

All of a sudden the world around me started to blur and I became very dizzy and blacked out.

I awake in darkness, uncertain of where I was.

Emptiness filled inside my heart.

I soon realized that I was alone once again, and was slowly being consumed by the darkness.

All my thoughts turn into grievances, and soon I became too eluded to think straight.

All hope that once held was tarnished into thin air.

My thoughts were interrupted when I heard sudden footsteps.

I looked around me but all I could see was darkness.

The footsteps started becoming louder, each step echoing in my mind.

 The footsteps reached the point to where I felt as if they were creeping up my spine.

I turned around slowly taking deep breaths, and saw the shadowy figure.

There was a bright flash of light and the shadowy figure disappeared.

All my thoughts slowly dissolved as I passed out.

I was awakened when I heard birds chirping in the faraway distance.

I looked around me and saw mountaintops as far as the eye could see.

In the faraway distance I could see a forest, it appeared very peaceful and elegant so I decided to walk towards it.

For once my mind was set on ease, I felt as if nothing mattered and for once I could relax.

As I walked towards the forest I listened to the world around me.

I listened to the wind as if it was speaking to me like a voice guiding me on a journey.

I listened to the birds singing their songs telling their story of life.

Before I knew it I had reached the forest, and was surprised to see how large the forest was.

The trees surrounding the forest extended father than the eye could see.

I soon came upon a trail, and I followed it in curiosity of where it might lead.

It lead to a dead end and I started to turn around when all of a sudden the wind around me started gusting.

 The shadowy figure slowly emerged from the woods as the winds picked up in their speed.

I called out to the figure asking it what it wanted but still there was no response.

The figure gestured me to come over, I walked over uncertain what was going to happen, but all I knew somehow this moment was going to change my life forever.

When I got up close to the shadowy figure I observe it.

To my surprise the figure revealed itself to me, and I was in pure shock when I realized who this shadowy figure was.

It was a reflection of my own self.

I realized that this whole time the shadowy figure was guiding me on a journey, towards realization of truth.

I learned that each color that I went through had a different meaning and was up for me to decide.

But most and for most I found myself , despite my many troubles of the past, present, and future.