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Dust

April 15, 2016

There is a house built out of the stone

This is a place where I don't feel alone

A place where I feel at home

Cracks of the skin I climb To the top

I climb the tree to see the world

And I build a home

For you

For me

Until it disappeared

And now is time to leave

And turn to dust.

By: Aimee Hernandez

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ahh37Apr 15, 2016

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Why does everything come to an end?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why do humans live a small time and then die?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Why does the caterpillar has to spread out her wings and fly away? </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The caterpillar starts from a small egg.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It becomes bigger and it breaks its shell</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It walks through the leaves trying to </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Survive in the cold world</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is obstacles that are trying to stop </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The caterpillar from succeeding </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But the caterpillar doesn't give up</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It keeps growing and growing</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stringer and stringer </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Until it hits her final stage</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The stage where she becomes a cocoon </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where she gets ready to spread her wings</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And fly away </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:2.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wings that will bring happiness</span></span></p><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-82765675-1b65-9245-5dcf-36c76c859884"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wings that will take her to heaven. </span></span></p>

ahh37Apr 15, 2016

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I see darkness </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Taking over the light </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of the animals</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I see them suffering </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Because the dark</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Arrived. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blood everywhere</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I see the tears in</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Their eyes </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sadness</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heartbroken</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hopeless</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ones that </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Survive, the  </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">darkness blinds them </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From reality </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But what happens when</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An angel comes to</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Let all the ones who suffer </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">See freedom? </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Darkness will </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leave and </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Light would come</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Out </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Setting free all the </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Animals who thought </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They were hopeless</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And bringing happiness </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To the souls that didnt  </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Survived when the darkness </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c6aade12-1b5e-713a-d58f-d45b2b797cf2"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Was there.</span></span></p><div> </div>

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