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A Delicate Red Rose The skyscrapers cast shadows upon innocent individuals,
But they can also be taught to cast light
By Sana Sheik, Grade 10 With the help of recognition,
In the dark bramble that lay tight on the ground, Recognition of that which is entitled to a person.
Red
Wild roses juxtaposed against the gray pebbles that sit in Not so focused on the appearance
stone. But on the inner
Do the similarities become clear as day. But there must be
The lush green moss and entangled trees gift many paths, both.
Some paths with shadows turning the brown soil to gray, Opinions pierce the outer layer, but they also strengthen.
Others unclouded
With luminous rays of light upon the ground capable of For all the red roses
producing a new individual. And the lush green mosses
And the rich sensations
Looking out into the wilderness,
With colors from every spectrum Are nothing without opposites.
Except,
the concrete gray of the buildings The absence of darkness allows the light to become
Each producing different sensations of the eye, Overwhelming.
All magnificent, Shadows are only allowed existence through light.
Yet
Some reflect uncontrollably on all surfaces The individual is only clarified by the other.
Needing to be tamed. Some order need be necessary for harmony
Of the
But, Inner
A blatant disregard for institutions, And the outer.
Which couldn’t grow in the entanglement of the trees, Right and wrong are influenced by the consequences
A blatant disregard for the law. And reactions,
Contractual agreements easily burned in their fire. Of both
Natural rights
Struggling to pull out some of the weeds And societal expectations.
That hold us here with their foundation in the ground.
A balance
Conflict: Delicate like a red rose.

Ideas.
Values.
Actions.
Constant callous clashing
Of these differences.

Conflict.
Tilted branches and scrubland try to
regain their symmetry
with the ground
And sky.
But there is no Balance.

Between
The individual and the whole

Isolation

And Suffocation
Inner and outer (Above) Fading Away, Laney Cardenas, Grade 11, Digital.
Shadows and light.