Unnatural Rhythms
What is unnatural about the everyday routines you or loved ones lived or currently live? What toll has the pace and rhythm of these routines taken on you or your loved ones? Try to bring the reader into your everyday experiences in ways that get them to see the familiar as something strange, unnatural, inhuman.
The Assembly Line
By Ashley Osuna
But the machine doesn't stop for grief or longing. Grandma needs her dressing changed. Brother's due for his meds. Mom's feet are swollen again. The assembly line of caregiving doesn't care about your dreams—it only cares that you keep showing up. I don't know who I'll be when this is over, if it ever ends.
Enough Take #1
By Nhi Nguyen
I hated the question “What makes you special and worthy among thousands of students” in the college application. Honestly, I did not know what made me different. Aren’t my grades enough? It speaks for me. It was me. It defined me.