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Last Verse of the Setting Sun By Katherine Lightwood

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Last Verse of the Setting Sun By Katherine Lightwood Frozen wind and the scarlet light, The day sets with a silent demise. Giving the promise of a beautiful tomorrow, Till then, the meadows will drench in sorrow. Holding light but very tight, The demons of the night are dancing in delight. Under the shadows, hiding in the night, A beating heart that starts to recite... Melancholy lore of a broken kind, Lore of winning wars that were left behind. Lore of valor and cruel tragedy, The lore was sung by sweet maidens with a silent melody. Lore of brave soldiers who would come home, Their tale would be cruel like the gladiators of Rome. But now, the fire is dead, With few sparks burning, but the ashes are sad, And there's no light, in this frozen night, As they say, demons of the nightmare are dancing in delight. Now they say the light will come, with the turn of the sun, The warm breeze will blow, over the meadows, it will run. Will the light come... Or

Looking Back at 2019 By Katherine Lightwood

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Looking Back at 2019 By Katherine Lightwood We usually start our new year with brand new resolutions which we don't follow, but that's the part of it. It's not about following, it's about the spirit, about taking the initiative of starting something new in life. Letting go of the memories associated with guilt, shame, and pain and a brand new plan to start something or starting over a task again. Letting go of the pessimism that has always crushed our spirit of achieving something great and accepting the new optimism that this new year has brought us. Looking back at 2019 is hard. There were many painful and heartbreaking memories but there were definitely some groundbreaking things that happened throughout the year. In this blog, I will be sharing five amazing things that happened during 2019 throughout the world (not my personal journey). 1. Breakthrough in the treatment for cystic fibrosis. I was always keen on the study of medicine, so this news was re