Being cooped up inside is not fun,
Innocent lives are being taken each and every day.
Having a hard time breathing, 
Tears swell within my eyes.

Sooner or later you will leave,
Until then we will have to protect ourselves and others
You spread wide and far,
I see no stopping this disaster.

You challenge us to keep ourselves clean,
If not you will attack,
My heart swells at how unfair you are,
Even newborns are severely affected. 

Suffering is the worst pain,
If you are brave enough then strike if you dare,
I have a greater weapon than you could ever imagine,
Belief in something so holy you couldn't even compare yourself to. 

Keep in mind you will be defeated, 
Even until my last breath, 
I will not let you hurt the ones I love, 
The man above will soon defeat you. 

    If your asking me, How's being in the 8th grade? I would say that so far it has been kind of a crazy yet exciting year to start off. I only like this school year more because it's ending faster than the previous year ended and that is good news to me. I don't really like school but, I go to make something out of myself and to make my mother proud of me.
    I go to school everyday and get to experience new things like learning about things that I didn't know about last year. But I guess that's just the exciting thing about being in a another grade you get to learn something new almost everyday. Learning new things expands the brain and then you become smarter than before because you just learned something new so that goes into your brain and then you get more knowledge into your brain. 
   I can say that it has been a fun year so far, I have fun people that I hang out with daily and I can tell you that it is very fun being with them. They make me smile everyday and just overall they all are good people. I love hanging out with them because they just make my day. Just know that the ones that you keep close are the ones that you trust the most, and also beware of those that can or will turn on you in a heartbeat. That's why you should always been careful, watch who you hang out with, follow no one and be a leader not a follower. Be yourself and only yourself.    

 I think that relationships should be based off of you and your partner levels of closeness. Relationships should be something special that you take very serious. You shouldn’t take having a relationship lightly because, anything can happen and you can become heartbroken at anytime and anyplace. There should consider having a relationship when you become mature and you are ready to handle that responsibility.

 The age that I believe you should be able to date is around 18 or 19 years old. Because by then you should have matured enough to begin being in a relationship. And if your not ready by then, then you can hold off and wait until the time you are officially ready to begin dating.

 The pros and cons in relationship are what you should really be focused on since when in a relationship you can have pros which means that you have a good and healthy relationship and the cons of a relationship means that your relationship with your partner is not good and you can be getting abused or not given the respect that you deserve, or you can even be talked down upon.

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Thinking about six years from now, I believe that I will be a better person that I am now not saying that I am not a good person now, I just believe that I can be a better one than I am now. Being a better person means making no mistakes and if I do make mistakes, I will try my best to not make as many mistakes as I think I would or will make.

  When I think about six years from now, I then realize that people will then start to expect a lot of things from me but I think that my life will be a little different from now, but not to the point where I completely change my whole attitude and become someone new or someone even I wouldn’t recognize myself. I don’t want to be someone that can not reach my goal because, not reaching my goal will make me feel like I’m not successful in life and I don’t want to be someone who can’t reach my goal.

  Also I hope that six years from now, I hope to get into a good college and take up being a “Veterinarian” because that’s what I want and hope to become in the future. I want to be successful in life and in order to get there I have to get good grades and have a good personality to get to where I want to be in life.

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Growing up as a young girl in Clarksdale, MS was not always the easiest. Well growing up hasn’t always been that bright for me and probably others too. Growing up has always had me to make wise and difficult decisions, for the better of myself and others. As I was growing up I was always warned about things like “Watch out for those closest to you because, they can change up on you at anytime” and “ To watch out for a wolf in sheep’s clothing”. Realizing that those words are in fact true, I began to become very vigilant towards more and more people.

   As growing up was hard, being around people was harder than that because people will always judge you no matter what gender or what your skin tone is. But you have to learn how to get past what they say and discover a new found courage and be confident in yourself. Never let yourself be discouraged and always give your best because giving your best helps you become more confident and giving your best, also helps you become someone that you maybe didn’t think or know you could become.

  Sometimes growing up was not so hard but when it was, I somehow figured out how to get back up on my feet and then got to do so many things that I thought I couldn’t do. Doing things that makes you happy is a good sign and means that you should do more of it if it makes you happy and good inside. You should never let what people say cause any harm to yourself, I know what they say might hurt your feeling but, you have to brush it off and keep going because if you sit back and do nothing about it, you might become depressed about and start to stress and that’s not something that you should want for yourself or for anyone else. Be the person you choose to be and never be someone your not. Have fun and be creative in life, it’s yours to live so be you and only you.   

  

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