All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
Turn
I turn my hands
see 10 fingers
the river masks
before wind comes
I turn my shoes
see a blossom
cigarette ash
faded in dawn
I turn a board
make a 4-seat
and turn my smirk
into torture
I turn my back
if I shaky
But when I sob
where could I turn?
I'm Tran, often known as Marine. I wrote this piece in a gloomy day memorizing about the time when I suffered from manic depression. It was the darkest time in my life ever, fortunately, few years later, I was gradually recovered after knowing and understanding what my parents had to undergo because of my mental illness. The sequel of that time remains immortal to me, but for now, it turns to be a motive for me to keep striving towards success, hapiness and fullfilment.
I hope, if you can have a chance to meet my inner self, to read this little piece of work, you can understand it with a positive viewpoint. Throughout this piece, I integrate some little beautiful things of life (blossom, river, wind) into sadness in order to create a truly beautiful sadness. I want to say that, sadness is not just sadness, it's contemplation, it's a feeling, a rest that all of us have experienced. And remember that, everyone was and is hopeless, but that day would then be over regardless how desperate it was and is.