A Stroll Down Campus by Kamryn Lin (17, Kentucky)

I walked down campus and saw the rubble of an older hall
that was torn down. It was a huge, gray, circular building.
In the past, we used to pass this building together. I
remember those days. While holding hands, we would
walk past and lay in the grass in front. There was a time
​we shared a sleeping bag ​

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in front of that building. You held onto 
me so tightly as we looked up into the 
night sky. I thought we were going 
to last forever. Never-ending. 
As I walk down campus 
and see this building 
now, all I can think 
about is how hard 
something can 
take to build 
but then be 
torn down 
so very 
easily. 
XVI.​