Broken Pencils

  The Broken and the Wounded By: Lucy Why do we break the broken and heal the wounded? The morning of Forgive and forget. The reason to say yes to another day and be the one that shows joy to others, that doesn't kill the pain in others. The joy is worth another day. Every day someone will feel other emotions besides happiness, the majority of the time people are anxious. It's a part of being human but that doesn't mean they are hurtful to others, so why do you think you should be?  For starters forgive and forget is an important saying. Used a lot in the English language. It shows the power of forgiving others but in a respectful manner. As well as forgetting about the past and the mistakes that could happen. It's a powerful message, just like “ why do we break the broken and heal the wounded?.” The broken are strong souls and have been through a lot. It's the people at school that are having those hard days, or the ones crying in the hallway. They have endured som...

  The Cold Light  By: Lucy I wish I could show you how my life is in my eyes The way my eyes see the knife of life The music of the band And the stand of a kindness from another strand Cold and sad bold and brightly mad All the joy of my life A new wrath to my knife Being there for whom  Who has womb The rise of the sun And the final set of nun

  JUNE 1 During failure we think things get hard. And yes things are hard when you fail. That’s how we learn. You have to learn how to do that when you want something really bad and work hard for it. Then later where you don’t get the part or don’t get the role you want. But failure is how we learn. We learn from failure by looking at the new start. Or if you get a different part you can see why or maybe it might be better. Like you wanted the solo for the band and didn’t make it. It might be because you aren't quite ready or don’t remember all the notes. As a time in life I saw failure last year for a marching band solo. My friend, the person that got it, had been working hard on it and had time to do it. As well as had it memorized beforehand. And I didn’t. I also had to transpose it which I didn't get to before that week so therefore I didn’t have much time to practise it. Therefore that showed me that maybe I wasn’t ready for the solo even though I worked really hard that...