James J Reynolds Junior High School - Beacon Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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RETREAT TO THE SEA I go to the sea as a refuge, to think of things and of myself. It is so beautiful, in a lonely kind of way, that no one could help but find refuge there. ,As I walk along the shore, the wind sweeping through my hair, and tears stinging my eyes, I feel as though it is cleansing my mind of all its thoughts and, cares. I look out onto the ocean ,and see the incessant cycle of the sea and waves. Al am re- minded that I, too, must find my place in this un- ceasing cycle ofilife. . U A Looking down at. the peppery sand beneath my feet, I perceive the motion of the waves, going back and forth, -back and forth, across the sand, Marlene Korn cleansing it each time anew. Somehow, feeling the force myself, I think of how similar it is for peo- ple who must constantly wipe their slates clean and start anew, or become worn out too soon and too often used. As l look up into the magnificent bowl of blue, undisturbed by clouds, I feel caught up as something small and insignficant. Abruptly, I am awakened from this train of thought by a sea gull, soaring alone through the sky, piercing the quiet with its harsh and lonely cry. Suddenly, I feel an urgent desire to escape from all that is so huge, so powerful, so perpetual. l turn my back on the mighty sea, and start homeward, refreshed and renewed. by Ellen Gerschitz, 9-3 ,I-Msg: D . I I A -,--- . I - .1 'N . ,,,- . f' ...,, ', I I fr J' ' XX is 7 . :Q Leaf, I I If I I fite I X ig I A f' I . , ! 1.. I i 5 . H if gm., -1 ' fr . -1 'R ' 'X , 1,4-f-wx '34 'Eu 'I I .,,L,-Nc, A ---f-,fs KH, ir i x E .... .. Ib-van V, ,'Nv Tam' 'Y-if' -X' i 'ME .fm t,.. ., 'X X it-QWNH . ff W x -TWJ ' ww-il! - Mx jf fsfxee it time Y. ,, .Q as A XC.. if ,' I '+3PiTc: , T' lx 4-I., ...WX X rg- 'NX MXN K N AXA' I ,...-Y X .-,Hx WK 'X Ru f -' , , 1' I D f N6 f . Y V V h . A ,.t . .,. ,J . f -f A , 'E-,f FB x 3 ' S '- 1, I 'ii' ,-M fi 1:jh, - CSU .. 'fwfligf We ,...!a.e, ,t.E..,t .rsflqhl 1 ' ,, . i 1 1, 1' Y' if1.r2, 4y5..,-. -5512. JI,-3 ,J ,, -1T5'A'. , A J' N- -4, 7 ' vifgghhfgf. T'1.:ggE, g', I file. -5:13.13 iifrsgffilg-r.: f-Edin:

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