{"id":24887,"date":"2020-04-16T13:27:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimsreview.aims.edu\/incite\/?p=24887"},"modified":"2020-04-27T11:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T17:47:33","slug":"the-desert-bluffs-corruption-by-adison-linder-sophomore","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimsreview.aims.edu\/incite\/the-desert-bluffs-corruption-by-adison-linder-sophomore\/","title":{"rendered":"Archived: The Desert Bluffs’ Corruption by Adison Linder (Sophomore)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Light<\/span>\r\nLike a thousand suns, never flickering, relentless beam of a beacon.<\/span>\r\nIt spreads everywhere, a tangle of vines suffocating out the dark. Nothing is safe from its interrogations.<\/span>\r\nEveryone looks toward it, eyes bleeding, they cry out its name joyously.<\/span>\r\nThey praise it, adore it, worship it, that awful blinding light,<\/span>\r\nBut you close your eyes and turn away.<\/span>\r\nIn its rays they see happiness and forgiveness.<\/span>\r\nWhen you dare to look, dare to squint<\/span>\r\nAt the omnipresent light,<\/span>\r\nAll you see is hate.<\/span>\r\nA deep, merciless hatred, that spares no one its derogatory lies.<\/span>\r\n\"<\/span>Fear the shadows<\/span><\/i>,\" it whispers to its acolytes.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\"<\/span>Fear the darkness and everything it brings,<\/span><\/i><\/span>\r\nFear those who do not fear it<\/span><\/i>.\"<\/span><\/span>\r\nThen it sends them to arms, and they heed its call.<\/span>\r\nThey search for those, like you, who dare look away,<\/span>\r\nBecause their five-trillion kilowatt sun ordered them.<\/span>\r\nThey hunt everything, anything, that isn't like them.<\/span>\r\nThey hunt those who see a different light,<\/span>\r\nWho instead of a spear to the irises<\/span>\r\nSee a gentle beam of grace and hope,<\/span>\r\nOr a plethora of stars shining above<\/span>\r\nLetting their illumination light softly blanket the world.<\/span>\r\nThe followers of the acrid beacon show no mercy,<\/span>\r\nAnd after awhile, they begin to resemble their sun<\/span>\r\nEyes burned to a crisp, smiles carved in deep canyons on their faces, luminous.<\/span>\r\nThey ask why you don't look into their light.<\/span>\r\nAfter all you've seen, you prefer the dark.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nBiography:<\/strong> Ever since I can remember, I\u2019ve been driven to create, whether it be art, poems, or stories. To me, creating something is a way to get people to think about the world differently, whether it be through a particularly good painting or a thought-provoking novel. It lets us put the stories and images we all carry inside our heads down on paper where everyone can see. A few artists that have helped inspire my work with their own stories and images are Neil Gaiman, Maggie Stiefvater, and Jonathan Sims.<\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Light Like a thousand suns, never flickering, relentless beam of a beacon. It spreads everywhere, a tangle of vines suffocating out the dark. Nothing is safe from its interrogations. Everyone looks toward it, eyes bleeding, they cry out its name joyously. They praise it, adore it, worship it, that awful blinding light, But you close… <\/p>\n
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