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1st Edition

November

Benjamin Franklin International School

Editors:

Grade 6: Isabella Curtis, Mia Risher, Annika Salmi

Grade 7: Damon Kutzin, Camille Mohsenin, Gian Marco `````````````````````````````````````````Scattarreggia

Grade 8: Rodrigo Alonso, Benjamin McMillin, Isabel ``````````````````````````````````````````Rachman, Alvaro Sánchez, Sophia de la Torre

Layout:

Grade 6: Annika Salmi

Grade 8:

Editor in Chief: Annika Salmi

Flashes,

They fill the back of my mind,

Pouring out unwillingly,

I hear the voices around me,

They don’t fade for a mere moment,

They cause me pain and agony.

Never being able to sleep

Never forgetting,

They call to me,

They tell me their dreams and wishes,

To no longer be alone.

I will not give in.

I shall not give in.

I have not given in.

But they haunt me,

Day and night,

Never resting.

There is only one way to end madness of this kind,

To give in,

Fearfully and alone.

I press the cold metal to my head,

And the last thing I will ever see,

Flashes

By Sophia de la Torre

Photo by Julia Martinez

Flashes,

They fill the back of my mind,

Pouring out unwillingly,

I hear the voices around me,

They don’t fade for a mere moment,

They cause me pain and agony.

Never being able to sleep

Never forgetting,

They call to me,

They tell me their dreams and wishes,

To no longer be alone.

I will not give in.

I shall not give in.

I have not given in.

But they haunt me,

Day and night,

Never resting.

There is only one way to end madness of this kind,

To give in,

Fearfully and alone.

I press the cold metal to my head,

And the last thing I will ever see,

Flashes

By Sophia de la Torre