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The Ending Of Hatred Aug 12, 2024

Written by Lucy, a Ventura County junior in high school.

 

Hatred drives Hatred.

Love drives Love.

 

When a tiger attacks,

The victim strikes

And a fight begins

And never ends

Until one ends. 

The Hatred.

Hatred.

Because Hatred

Makes Hatred

 

When you are broken

Do you smile at the breaker?

No.

You crush the breaker 

Til the breaker crushes you more.

So quench the urge...

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Life Goals May 29, 2024

The following poem was written by our weekly writing group, The Green Walls Writer’s Project, in Zoom in 2020. Each person wrote a sentence about achieving their goals and then we put them all together to form a powerful poem. 

You encourage me to want to do my best daily

Because it’s not about me, 

It’s about what I did that was greater than me.

Scalpel in my...

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Leadership Dec 27, 2022

Written by Ava Li, a BRITE youth spokesperson.

L is for listening. 

A good leader doesn’t just drone on and on about their ideas and their ideas only.

They don’t just open their mouth, but they open their ears.

E is for enlightening.

A good leader enlightens their crowd. 

Their message is heartfelt and powerful, inspiring people to take action and do what’s right.

A...

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