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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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a space for youth writing on mental health & identity
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![]() in the cold dank space of a rundown, long-abandoned basement room, she sat surrounded by the echoes of previous lives, yet so very alone. head down shoulders sagging drained eyes sad, wispy sighs. carefully lifted the timeworn pen: pockmarked with use, a living antique, weighty like a confession in her hand. blackened ink sinks, coursing through the timelines that have defined her life on yellowed paper with threadbare edges that have seen better days. she walks discreetly, clasping the folded remnants of long lost pain gently presses the paper to her lips, in silent prayer as it carries the outpourings from her heart across the contorted corridors of a shredded past a drop of ink on paper (a haunting mistake from yesteryear) hesitates then smudges the paper overwhelmed by rivulets of pain, slicing through ancient bedrock the droplet stains, succumbing to lost memories, buried in waves of nostalgia. streaming ink as dripping blood from an open wound each letter a note from the soul painstakingly written tracing in forensic detail long forgotten twists and turns, now mere remnants reflecting your inner tears fathomless depths of your torn soul subdued by countless words imbibed with layered meanings an emotional shipwreck buried deep beneath a sonnet of grief then warmed by glowing coals, next a spark from the hewn hearth reignites the slow burn fire flames fanned by the winds of change vestiges of hope warm your heart, lighten your load. the vintage pen honors your word your voice your world casting ancient shapes no silence can redeem pearls of wisdom lie dormant for aeons hidden in womblike darkness the brave spirit of the survivor, nay, thriver emerges, a treasure trove of inspiration the venerable pen speaks only the truth it finds weaving words into poems, vividly portraying pain to passion on a journey underlined by the bleeding ink of pen Gina Yang is a young writer based in Southborough, Massachusetts. She is currently a junior at St. Mark's School. Her personal narratives, short stories, and poems have been recognized by Scholastic Art & Writing and Teen Ink Magazine. Comments are closed.
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