This Week In History

This week will probably go down in history as one of the craziest for college campuses.

My heart goes out to everyone affected by loss and tragedy on multiple college campuses. The loss of a loved one is never easy and the level of cruelty in this world is insane.

My birthday may have been on Tuesday but that's not what will be resonating in my mind about the past days. I've done a lot of thinking.

When we show our love for our friends, family, and love interests we should do so wholeheartedly. Never take them for granted because they could be gone in a blink of an eye.

As a student of Seton Hall University I am just shocked that we cannot stop things from happening at college. No one takes the value of human life seriously. No one realizes that every person you see means something deep to someone else. That, no matter what revenge you may take upon someone, you are also harming those who care about them. It is those loved ones you will have to deal with.

Something else I've noticed: this world has so much unnecessary hate that it is ridiculous. People should not have to be afraid of being who they are. Since when is the idea of privacy and respect so hard to understand?

Here are two poems I wrote today based off of these ideas:

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Fireflight

When you shut those eyes

And close off the world

From harming your humanity,

The globe continues to spin.

They'll kick up ash

That sprouts fire

Breeding that darkness 'round you,

Til you just can't win.

Don't lose who you are

To the traps that bind you-

Holding your soul

Beneath the ground.

You are limitless

And skyward sent-

And the universe shall find you

Profound.

 

bEGOne

We are made whole.

Fill us with dreams-

Fill us with love-

Fill us with life-

You are no better than I.

When the world around us

Spits its poison

I hope you stand by my side,

For nature may show no prejudice,

It is the ego of humanity which decides

My fate.

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Articles to look at:

Seton Hall Incident

Pace University Incident

Rutgers Incident

University of Texas Incident

California Incident 

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Quote of the Day:

 “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

 Maria Robinson