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Poor Little Rich Kids Let’s admit it, the criminal justice system in the United States is not the best. Recently, there have cases where justice was not served. There are cases that prove that, we Americans tend to be more lenient towards the person getting prosecuted if they are of a certain gender and race. Though we don’t want to admit it, ignorance is and always will be bliss. Ethan couch, a white nineteen year old male from Texas who drove home drunk and killed four people in a collision and ****** injured two. Though he did get indicted on four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts intoxication assault, it’s the fact that it wasn’t the judge’s first option. The first thing he did was put the boy on probation which he violated when a video of him playing beer pong was posted on the internet. His attorney argued “affluenza”, in other words, Ethan Couch was ‘too rich’ for his own good. People v. Turner, a criminal case that was filed to convict Brock Allen Turner of three counts of felony ****** assault. The white male student athlete at Stanford University sexually assaulted an intoxicated twenty-two year old. Allen was indicted for five charges: two for **** two for felony ****** assault, and one for attempted **** After DNA results came in, two of the five charges were dropped. Judge Persky sentenced Allen to six months of confinement at the county jail in Santa Clara but after three months, Allen was let out because of his “good behavior.” Even after the Stanford star swimmer was convicted, the only pictures that were available to the public were pictures of him smiling, wearing medals, and in his suit and tie. This case was the epitome of white privilege. Of course, there are people who would argue that being a rich white male has nothing to do with “living the good life.” That these people who commit heinous crimes are just regular people who live regular lives. While that isn’t true, as long as white privilege is not acknowledged, we will always have criminals walking away free.
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Jan 31, 2018
Jan 31, 2018 at 1:29 AM UTC
Article 2. Poor little rich kids.
Poor Little Rich Kids Let’s admit it, the criminal justice system in the United States is not the best. Recently, there have cases where justice was not served. There are cases that prove that, we Americans tend to be more lenient towards the person getting prosecuted if they are of a certain gender and race. Though we don’t want to admit it, ignorance is and always will be bliss. Ethan couch, a white nineteen year old male from Texas who drove home drunk and killed four people in a collision and ****** injured two. Though he did get indicted on four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts intoxication assault, it’s the fact that it wasn’t the judge’s first option. The first thing he did was put the boy on probation which he violated when a video of him playing beer pong was posted on the internet. His attorney argued “affluenza”, in other words, Ethan Couch was ‘too rich’ for his own good. People v. Turner, a criminal case that was filed to convict Brock Allen Turner of three counts of felony ****** assault. The white male student athlete at Stanford University sexually assaulted an intoxicated twenty-two year old. Allen was indicted for five charges: two for **** two for felony ****** assault, and one for attempted **** After DNA results came in, two of the five charges were dropped. Judge Persky sentenced Allen to six months of confinement at the county jail in Santa Clara but after three months, Allen was let out because of his “good behavior.” Even after the Stanford star swimmer was convicted, the only pictures that were available to the public were pictures of him smiling, wearing medals, and in his suit and tie. This case was the epitome of white privilege. Of course, there are people who would argue that being a rich white male has nothing to do with “living the good life.” That these people who commit heinous crimes are just regular people who live regular lives. While that isn’t true, as long as white privilege is not acknowledged, we will always have criminals walking away free.
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Assisted suicide? Physician Assisted Suicide is the process of a doctor providing the necessary sleeping pills/lethal dose to allow a terminally ill patient to perform the life ending act. In the United States, all but four states have made physician assisted suicide (PAS) illegal.When in a situation a terminally ill patient is in, they should have the right to commit a physician-assisted suicide. In 1994, the state of Oregon enabled the Death With Dignity Act (DWDA). With 51% voting in favor of the act, it gives terminally ill patients access to PAS. Attorney General John Ashcroft challenged the act by saying it was not “real” and that allowing doctors to do perform that, violates the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). CSA protects the regulation of doctors from performing unauthorized distributions of drugs and drug abuse. If doctors are able to assist suicides, through Ashcroft’s claim, they would be using drugs as an abuse. In the Supreme Court, petitioner Paul D. Clement argued in the case about the violation of CSA, with 6-3, “we conclude the rule is not authorized by the CSA, and we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals” (Gonzales V Oregon). Patients of irreversible illnesses often develop disorders that go underdiagnosed causing them to live a life that isn’t happy for them or their family members. According to Dr. Fine of the Office of Clinical Ethics, terminally ill patients usually get depressed when dealing with intense suffering. When the patient is depressed, they may not respond to treatment as expected. If the patient is not responding to treatment well, the doctor may up the dosage of medication or consider adding antidepressants, causing the patient to be reliant on medication for the rest of their life. Patients who receive a terminal diagnosis usually experience high levels of anxiety. According to Dr. Fine, anxiety can cause problems such as, agitation, insomnia, restlessness, sweating, tachycardia, hyperventilation, panic disorder, worry, or tension. Sleep deprivation plays a huge part in the anxiety the patients feel. The patient’s sleep is often interrupted many nights and several times to get their blood pressure checked, blood withdrawals, checkings of veins, etc. Because these medical requirements can not be withheld, many doctors may feel the need to heavily sedate the patient to make them feel lucid during the day time. Studies have shown that patients of terminal illnesses fear that they’d burden their families. The patients feel, “grief and fear not only for their own future but also for their families’ future” (Johnson), researchers say. The feelings of being in the way can cause emotional, physical, social, and financial problems. In doctors Johnson, Nolan, and Sulmasy’s research, they found that feelings of burden are most likely to affect emotional symptoms, quality of life, and patient satisfaction. Wanting to feel like they aren’t a burden to their families and society was most important to patients seen by the doctors. The research the doctors conducted found that out of a list of 28 qualities, the wish to not be a physical or emotional burden on family, 93% of respondents said that this was very or extremely important to them. The doctors made three categories of experiences that were related to “self-perceived burden” (Johnson). The first one being “concerns for other” (Johnson), then “implications for self” (Johnson), and last being “minimizing the burden” (Johnson). Feeling like a burden can cause “empathic concern engendered from the impact on others of one’s illness and care needs, resulting in guilt, distress, feelings of responsibility, and diminished sense of self” (Johnson). To let a patient commit an assisted suicide means, they’re freed from pain. To force someone who knows that their time's coming to an end quickly when they do not wish to be in pain anymore should be a crime. In Epidemics, Book 1, it states, “practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient”, by allowing the patient to continue their life is harming them, all physically, mentally, and spiritually. Doctors take an oath, the Hippocratic Oath when practicing medicine. In the oath, there is a phrase that says “Also I will, according to my ability and judgment, prescribe a regimen for the health of the sick; but I will utterly reject harm and mischief”, if the patient has considered an assisted suicide, they’ve been in too much pain and wish for it to end. Refusing them the help causes them more physical and emotional pain; physical being the illness itself and emotional being the feeling of being a burden. Patients with terminal illnesses have the right to commit assisted suicides because it allows them to end their life from something no drug would be able to fix. With the illness being irreversible, dragging it out will cause both suffering and financial problems. Terminally ill patients have the right to die with dignity. Dying by choice will let their loved ones know that they are ready and have accepted their fate, easing weight off their families shoulders. Having the ability to die will portray the patients as human beings who want to make one last decision before going rather than people who are laying in a hospital bed waiting to die. A patient knows that the doctor’s job is to relieve pain, with a doctor refusing their wish, only cause distrust in their relationship. Letting assisted suicide would allow their families to begin healing. By refusing the patient their right to die, forces them to live a poor quality of life no one would ever wish upon anybody. It is in everyone’s interest to let them go. Doctors have a responsibility to make the patient happy and to relieve them of any kind of pain, letting them go is relieving them of the pain they wish to no longer feel. PAS gives them the ability to go happily and contently.
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Jan 31, 2018
Jan 31, 2018 at 1:26 AM UTC
Article 1. Assisted Suicide?
Assisted suicide? Physician Assisted Suicide is the process of a doctor providing the necessary sleeping pills/lethal dose to allow a terminally ill patient to perform the life ending act. In the United States, all but four states have made physician assisted suicide (PAS) illegal.When in a situation a terminally ill patient is in, they should have the right to commit a physician-assisted suicide. In 1994, the state of Oregon enabled the Death With Dignity Act (DWDA). With 51% voting in favor of the act, it gives terminally ill patients access to PAS. Attorney General John Ashcroft challenged the act by saying it was not “real” and that allowing doctors to do perform that, violates the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). CSA protects the regulation of doctors from performing unauthorized distributions of drugs and drug abuse. If doctors are able to assist suicides, through Ashcroft’s claim, they would be using drugs as an abuse. In the Supreme Court, petitioner Paul D. Clement argued in the case about the violation of CSA, with 6-3, “we conclude the rule is not authorized by the CSA, and we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals” (Gonzales V Oregon). Patients of irreversible illnesses often develop disorders that go underdiagnosed causing them to live a life that isn’t happy for them or their family members. According to Dr. Fine of the Office of Clinical Ethics, terminally ill patients usually get depressed when dealing with intense suffering. When the patient is depressed, they may not respond to treatment as expected. If the patient is not responding to treatment well, the doctor may up the dosage of medication or consider adding antidepressants, causing the patient to be reliant on medication for the rest of their life. Patients who receive a terminal diagnosis usually experience high levels of anxiety. According to Dr. Fine, anxiety can cause problems such as, agitation, insomnia, restlessness, sweating, tachycardia, hyperventilation, panic disorder, worry, or tension. Sleep deprivation plays a huge part in the anxiety the patients feel. The patient’s sleep is often interrupted many nights and several times to get their blood pressure checked, blood withdrawals, checkings of veins, etc. Because these medical requirements can not be withheld, many doctors may feel the need to heavily sedate the patient to make them feel lucid during the day time. Studies have shown that patients of terminal illnesses fear that they’d burden their families. The patients feel, “grief and fear not only for their own future but also for their families’ future” (Johnson), researchers say. The feelings of being in the way can cause emotional, physical, social, and financial problems. In doctors Johnson, Nolan, and Sulmasy’s research, they found that feelings of burden are most likely to affect emotional symptoms, quality of life, and patient satisfaction. Wanting to feel like they aren’t a burden to their families and society was most important to patients seen by the doctors. The research the doctors conducted found that out of a list of 28 qualities, the wish to not be a physical or emotional burden on family, 93% of respondents said that this was very or extremely important to them. The doctors made three categories of experiences that were related to “self-perceived burden” (Johnson). The first one being “concerns for other” (Johnson), then “implications for self” (Johnson), and last being “minimizing the burden” (Johnson). Feeling like a burden can cause “empathic concern engendered from the impact on others of one’s illness and care needs, resulting in guilt, distress, feelings of responsibility, and diminished sense of self” (Johnson). To let a patient commit an assisted suicide means, they’re freed from pain. To force someone who knows that their time's coming to an end quickly when they do not wish to be in pain anymore should be a crime. In Epidemics, Book 1, it states, “practice two things in your dealings with disease: either help or do not harm the patient”, by allowing the patient to continue their life is harming them, all physically, mentally, and spiritually. Doctors take an oath, the Hippocratic Oath when practicing medicine. In the oath, there is a phrase that says “Also I will, according to my ability and judgment, prescribe a regimen for the health of the sick; but I will utterly reject harm and mischief”, if the patient has considered an assisted suicide, they’ve been in too much pain and wish for it to end. Refusing them the help causes them more physical and emotional pain; physical being the illness itself and emotional being the feeling of being a burden. Patients with terminal illnesses have the right to commit assisted suicides because it allows them to end their life from something no drug would be able to fix. With the illness being irreversible, dragging it out will cause both suffering and financial problems. Terminally ill patients have the right to die with dignity. Dying by choice will let their loved ones know that they are ready and have accepted their fate, easing weight off their families shoulders. Having the ability to die will portray the patients as human beings who want to make one last decision before going rather than people who are laying in a hospital bed waiting to die. A patient knows that the doctor’s job is to relieve pain, with a doctor refusing their wish, only cause distrust in their relationship. Letting assisted suicide would allow their families to begin healing. By refusing the patient their right to die, forces them to live a poor quality of life no one would ever wish upon anybody. It is in everyone’s interest to let them go. Doctors have a responsibility to make the patient happy and to relieve them of any kind of pain, letting them go is relieving them of the pain they wish to no longer feel. PAS gives them the ability to go happily and contently.
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Sophomore year. Spring break. Crying. Why can’t I stop? Just stop it, god **** it! You’re being pathetic. Ding Ding It’s a text. “Hey! You free tonight?” I didn’t think he’d text me. I can’t. It’d be wrong. “Totally. What’d you have in mind?” Oh no. What’d I just do? “I could pick you up around 10 and maybe just chill?” 10? Pm? Why so late? “Yeah. Can’t wait!” Tick Tick Tick Tick 9pm: What do I wear? What do I wear? 9:45pm: Put on eyeliner. Put on mascara. Put on lipstick. 10pm: Okay. 10:05pm: Where is he? 10:10pm: Just wait. 10:15pm: Should be here anytime now. 10:20pm: Just a couple more minutes. 10:25pm: Give him some more time. I can’t expect him to be here right away. 10:30pm: Is he coming? 10:35pm: Did he forget? 10:45pm: It was a joke. Funny. 10:50pm: Ding Ding It’s a text. “Hey, I’m here.” Open my window. Crawl out. Ouch! A nail  was sticking out. Blood. Blood is dripping down my leg. It's okay. He's here. He's here. What am I doing? "Hey, you look nice." He thinks I look nice. "Thanks." We drive. And drive. And drive. Where are we? It’s dark. So dark. I hear crickets. And his breathing. His breathing. His breathing. His breathing. What is this? A shed. Abandoned. “Sit down.” Where do I sit? It’s so dark. I can’t see. Where are we? Where am I? Where am I? His hand is on my thigh. What’s he doing? “You’re so beautiful.” He can’t see me. I can’t see him. It’s so dark. “Thanks.” His hand is higher now. I should’ve worn pants. He’s taking off my underwear My package bought ******* What’s he doing? What’s he doing? What’s he doing! Do I like it? Is he happy? I want him to be happy. Just let him do it. His breathing. His breathing. My breathing. It’s gone. My underwear. Oh my god. Just sit here. It’s okay. He’s here. He’s not going to hurt me. He can’t. He won’t. It’s okay. He’s unzipping. What’s he unzipping? I can’t see. His hands on my ******* I don’t know what to feel. What do I feel? What should I feel? What does he feel? His hands on my bare legs. I flinch. “It’s okay.” It’s okay. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. Stop please. Please stop. I can’t take it. I can’t take it. Stop. I want to be happy. I just want to be happy. I want him to be happy. Just be happy. Be happy. Happy. Is he happy? Tick Tick Tick Tick
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Oct 1, 2015
Oct 1, 2015 at 7:40 PM UTC
Tick Tick
Sophomore year. Spring break. Crying. Why can’t I stop? Just stop it, god **** it! You’re being pathetic. Ding Ding It’s a text. “Hey! You free tonight?” I didn’t think he’d text me. I can’t. It’d be wrong. “Totally. What’d you have in mind?” Oh no. What’d I just do? “I could pick you up around 10 and maybe just chill?” 10? Pm? Why so late? “Yeah. Can’t wait!” Tick Tick Tick Tick 9pm: What do I wear? What do I wear? 9:45pm: Put on eyeliner. Put on mascara. Put on lipstick. 10pm: Okay. 10:05pm: Where is he? 10:10pm: Just wait. 10:15pm: Should be here anytime now. 10:20pm: Just a couple more minutes. 10:25pm: Give him some more time. I can’t expect him to be here right away. 10:30pm: Is he coming? 10:35pm: Did he forget? 10:45pm: It was a joke. Funny. 10:50pm: Ding Ding It’s a text. “Hey, I’m here.” Open my window. Crawl out. Ouch! A nail  was sticking out. Blood. Blood is dripping down my leg. It's okay. He's here. He's here. What am I doing? "Hey, you look nice." He thinks I look nice. "Thanks." We drive. And drive. And drive. Where are we? It’s dark. So dark. I hear crickets. And his breathing. His breathing. His breathing. His breathing. What is this? A shed. Abandoned. “Sit down.” Where do I sit? It’s so dark. I can’t see. Where are we? Where am I? Where am I? His hand is on my thigh. What’s he doing? “You’re so beautiful.” He can’t see me. I can’t see him. It’s so dark. “Thanks.” His hand is higher now. I should’ve worn pants. He’s taking off my underwear My package bought ******* What’s he doing? What’s he doing? What’s he doing! Do I like it? Is he happy? I want him to be happy. Just let him do it. His breathing. His breathing. My breathing. It’s gone. My underwear. Oh my god. Just sit here. It’s okay. He’s here. He’s not going to hurt me. He can’t. He won’t. It’s okay. He’s unzipping. What’s he unzipping? I can’t see. His hands on my ******* I don’t know what to feel. What do I feel? What should I feel? What does he feel? His hands on my bare legs. I flinch. “It’s okay.” It’s okay. It hurts. It hurts. It hurts. Stop please. Please stop. I can’t take it. I can’t take it. Stop. I want to be happy. I just want to be happy. I want him to be happy. Just be happy. Be happy. Happy. Is he happy? Tick Tick Tick Tick
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It’s splashing on some eyeliner Make yourself look decent It’s throwing on a crop top When it's 20 degrees outside It’s sitting in the driveway You have 2 hours until he comes It’s freezing your *** off Because a skirt looked better It’s listening to cars go by And wondering which one will be his It’s knowing he'll never wait in the dark for you It’s getting in his car And hearing “you look hot” it's never understanding why he won't take you to his place Am I not worthy of your bed? Are you embarrassed? It’s wanting to have a conversation But he's only interested in what color your underwear is It’s wanting to hold his hand I just want to hold your hand It’s having to tell yourself You don’t mean a thing to him When he bites your neck It’s suppressing your tears When he dives into you It’s knowing one another But not being able to look at each other ​For those who don’t know what 2am hangouts are like It’s constantly telling yourself you deserve better Why won’t I get better?
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 1:59 PM UTC
for those who don’t know what 2am hangouts are like
when we were little we all had ambition we all saw potential in us we all knew what we wanted what happened what happened to *** is gross what happened to drugs are bad what happened to believing in ourselves what happened to waking up with smiles what happened to making promises we promise not to break "we all grew up" they say no we didn't grow up we all just became sad and knew no other way we all got lost at some point we all misunderstood what it meant to grow up what happened to telling mommy and daddy we'll make them proud
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Sep 28, 2014
Sep 28, 2014 at 11:19 AM UTC
i want to be a grown up
I find it funny how just a few words just a few actions can break us all in ways we never knew was possible can change us all in ways we never knew was possible and yeah people tell us over and over again that it's going to get better but when when is it going to get better and what if it never does what if you constantly do things to hurt yourself what if you constantly get with that one guy who you know will break you sooner or later but you don't care because you are willing to do anything to feel anything but your ******* sadness because you cant take it anymore you can't spend another night alone crying another night asking yourself if it's all ******* worth it if life is worth the hurt and those nights you've spent debating if everything would just stop hurting if you just took your life away just one shot to the head just one small leap off a chair and on to the rope so simple so easy I find it funny how humans are capable of such cruelty how humans can cause such discomfort to another without giving a **** how you're smiling while my soul is rotting away
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Sep 10, 2014
Sep 10, 2014 at 8:08 PM UTC
hilarious
BOY #1 his eyes were as blue as the deepest sea his touch exciting his voice as beautiful as Beethoven's symphony 5 the things he said could make any girl believe that he loved them only thing is he didn't give a ******* **** about me BOY #2 his hair was as puffy and soft as a baby bunny's fur his words touched me in ways only hands should be able to his lips fixed wounds I thought only doctors can fix a moment with him was never dull the stories he told me made me want him more "i had to jump the wooden gate the cops were after me" I couldn't help but smile I gave you me and you gave me you but did you give yourself to me like how I gave myself to you BOY #3 the height of Mt Rushmore the style of Skateboarder's new model your jokes were funny but the way you treated me after you got what you wanted wasn't we laid in your bed and you held my hand I rested my head on your shoulders I trusted you but I wasn't anything important to you BOY #4 skin dark as night innocence like a child you were different I wasn't attracted to you but you liked me so I let you give yourself to me and before I knew it you told your mama I was "a mistake" we were the talk of the school BOY #5 his hair was as puffy and soft as a baby bunny's fur his words touched me in ways only hands should be able to his lips fixed wounds I thought only doctors can fix and by now you would assume I would've learned already but this boy like no other this boy excites me I cant help but want his attention ****** allure maybe whatever it is I need him (not done)
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Sep 2, 2014
Sep 2, 2014 at 11:10 PM UTC
boys
BOY #1 his eyes were as blue as the deepest sea his touch exciting his voice as beautiful as Beethoven's symphony 5 the things he said could make any girl believe that he loved them only thing is he didn't give a ******* **** about me BOY #2 his hair was as puffy and soft as a baby bunny's fur his words touched me in ways only hands should be able to his lips fixed wounds I thought only doctors can fix a moment with him was never dull the stories he told me made me want him more "i had to jump the wooden gate the cops were after me" I couldn't help but smile I gave you me and you gave me you but did you give yourself to me like how I gave myself to you BOY #3 the height of Mt Rushmore the style of Skateboarder's new model your jokes were funny but the way you treated me after you got what you wanted wasn't we laid in your bed and you held my hand I rested my head on your shoulders I trusted you but I wasn't anything important to you BOY #4 skin dark as night innocence like a child you were different I wasn't attracted to you but you liked me so I let you give yourself to me and before I knew it you told your mama I was "a mistake" we were the talk of the school BOY #5 his hair was as puffy and soft as a baby bunny's fur his words touched me in ways only hands should be able to his lips fixed wounds I thought only doctors can fix and by now you would assume I would've learned already but this boy like no other this boy excites me I cant help but want his attention ****** allure maybe whatever it is I need him (not done)
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He laid her down on his bed She thought “He likes me” in her head To him, she was just another game He would quickly set her aflame She had sparkles in her eyes She’ll soon wonder why she wasn’t wise He took off her shirt And then she began to hurt She held back her cries She then sees a smirk in his eyes He holds her down And she begins to drown She tells him to stop But he continues to go nonstop Tears fill up her hazel eyes Her innocence slowly dies Her eyes shut He whispers in her ears **** He strikes her All she sees is blur Pitch black She wishes she can turn back He has taken her soul And she was the one who paid his toll Luci Yang
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Sep 2, 2014
Sep 2, 2014 at 8:03 PM UTC
"he likes me"