I used to shine but now I’m green, yet no algae lives in me. I used to Be the savior of fish, but now I sleep with them. I collected shell, now bottles. The fresh water fish now live in the salty sea. Slowly I fade into the cloud, and become acid rain. I beg you to save the fish....

“Maple!” I shout, and a big golden retriever came run up. I am Izzy Becker and I am 15. I put the leash on the overexcited dog and we headed out. My parents were on a trip, and I was old enough to stay home alone. As we walked down the street I head a whisper, almost calling me. Suddenly Maple was running into the source of the whisper, the old woods. That place always gave me the creeps. There we...

Here. Here I stand, sleep, and eat. In my jail. Jail. I will forever be tied to this wooden box. Morning. Morning I’ll greet the sun, yet after I will be stacked with leather. Her. She will get me like how I get the sun. Run. We will run together, try together, succeed together. Yet. Yet even as the sun sets and she is gone the leather lifts of my worked back. Lifts. I feel free. Free. Free as a b...