-------- I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give. Keep it like an umbrella To shelter you in the rain. Or like a rain coat Covering your heart from the cold -------- Collection of old poems I did for school. I'm also including some of my friend's pieces, they will be marked with ( * )

In this short story, an undercover journalist at a mental asylum searches for institutional corruption amid chaos in the hopes of writing an article that will launch his career. -First place winner in the Red Cloak Awards- -First place winner in "The Journalist" Wattpad Spiritual contest-

Aubrey, who has a naturally creative spirit, lives in a society during 2113 where STEM is highly valued and regarded as an elite field, while the arts are abolished because it's useless for progress. Aubrey always had a creative streak and is prone to speaking out about the problems of the government to her friends, often making her ostracized. On the fateful testing day, where everyone of age is tested and then sorted by the Council (government) into career options that seem to fit them best, Aubrey is dreading the time when she'll be truly trapped by society. However, things don't go quite as planned . . . Cover was made by me.