Creative Writing Competition 2022

Karol Dutkovský Mind-and-seek &nbsp; You look at me, All the time you look through me, But I can’t find you still… &nbsp; Why are you hiding so scarily well? Just look at me once again, Maybe I will be more careful. And I will see your beauty, Hidden from everyone. &nbsp; My eyes are closing slowly, So wait for just a little bit more, I’m feeling your presence, It’s all around me, Right in front of my closed eyes. &nbsp; You look at me, All the time you look through me…

Ján Bačišin HIDDEN BEAUTY I&nbsp;know a&nbsp;girl who calls me crazy, cause I&nbsp;fell in love with her. She´s not a&nbsp;princess, but I&nbsp;know she´s meant for me. Feeling which I&nbsp;can´t describe, It´s hard to see. Friends telling me that I&nbsp;should let you go, But I&nbsp;see what they can´t, your presence is what I´m looking for, without you, I´m dying plant. Surreal beauty is what you hide inside, all I&nbsp;want, is to make you mine. Even when I´m drunk, you´re my only type, please don´t break my heart, I&nbsp;know that you might. Don´t play with me anymore, she´s goth girl with transparent soul.

Laura Mária Zlacká Hidden beauty (longer version)

Every thing you have ever wanted is right in front of you. Yet, we search for more to fill the void of loneliness, complaining and pouting all around As if LOVE isn't right beside us all the times. But we fail to acknowledge where we belong, and continue to search for something that we had all along.

Ivana Vaškovičová Hidden beauty It's useless for me to seek, something that lasts a week. Why would I search for shallow water, that drains as soon as it gets hotter? Not only duration is weak... I must have been a freak, if I'd fallen for a perfect guy, who has lust in his eye. Real things are often hidden... Self-confidence isn't forbidden, so don't be shy to spread real beauty. Just avoid becoming snooty. Remember to be kind in every case to shine by magnificent grace.

Laura Mária Zlacká Hidden beauty (Shorter version) With every stroke of a&nbsp;brush, he disappears into the canvas, like I&nbsp;am painting a memory I&nbsp;have never lived. But these moments are dead. When I&nbsp;think about him I think about all the times that the pain just suddenly went away. I think about all the times that a laugh was the furthest thing. Suffering in silence picturing it all in your head wishing it would all come back. He was the beauty hidden in every storm of mine.

Photographically illustrated by Mgr. Mirka Radová

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CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION 2022 ´HIDDEN BEAUTY´

From the first day that I&nbsp;met him You felt like a&nbsp;familiar face. We used to sing together as kids, we used to skip class together as teens and fall in love by the beach. And even when everyone was around me He was the one I&nbsp;would miss. Because this isn't the first time we are meeting... Because he was the one all the dreams were about. You, You were the boy I&nbsp;fell in love with. I didn't fall in love with you because I&nbsp;needed you. Or that I&nbsp;wanted someone to love. Or that I&nbsp;needed you to make me feel happy. I fell in love with you because you showed me what it is like to feel valued. To put out love and get the same in return and you make me feel like what I&nbsp;see in the movies. Except I&nbsp;never thought that I would experience it. I fell in love with you because you make this fairytale feel like a&nbsp;reality. I&nbsp;fell in love with him because of all things you never knew you were doing but as time went on you slowly started to drift away. And worst part of it was that I&nbsp;knew I&nbsp;couldn't do anything to stop it from happening.

You were gone. But you will always have a&nbsp;place in my heart whether I&nbsp;like it or not. Because I&nbsp;had never felt love like the way I&nbsp;felt with you. Even if it ended up breaking my heart... He was the one that helped me through all the tough times, all the times that I&nbsp;didn't think I could ever make it through... ..which is funny because now, I wish he was here to help me say goodbye, to you.

When I&nbsp;think about him I think about all the times that the pain just suddenly went away, I think about all the times that a laugh was the furthest thing from what I&nbsp;could do. Yet, he made me smile, the biggest I&nbsp;ever have and I'll never forget that. HE was the beauty hidden in every storm of mine.

Katarína Šarišská Hidden Beauty (essay)

“Beauty is not in the face, it is a light in the heart.” These words perfectly portray our true value. Inner beauty. Beauty that we can hardly see through our eyes and that is because it is hidden in a human heart making each and every one of us unique and irreplaceable. Our lives overflow with beauty. They are filled with ordinary moments when the hidden beauty breaks into our hearts like a ray of light after a rainy day. People we encounter, problems we solve, places we visit or even the smallest things that we have seen a thousand times. Beauty is hidden in all of this. All we have to do is to be attentive and take the time to look for it. However, in these harsh times, we are often blind to see it. We can get quickly accustomed to the world in front of us. Too occupied with daily schedules and routines, with the inconsolable fear of tomorrow we are unable to focus on the inner beauty. Sometimes we may even feel like there is nothing like that. But because we cannot see it right away it doesn’t mean it isn’t there. I believe that the uglier and scarred is one on the outside the more beautiful he is on the inside. It is a human experience, grief, failure, and falls that have an ability to form our hidden beauty. That’s why even the most ordinary and apparently poor people may captivate us with their outstanding beauty and relentless hope. Every human being was created to perceive beauty in every aspect of life. However, it is not an outer beauty that makes us worthwhile in the eyes of the world. The beauty that gives us our true value is hidden in our hearts.

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Winners: Category - poetry First prize – Laura Mária Zlacká, sexta;&nbsp;Ivana Vaškovičová, 3.AG Second prize – Karol Dutkovský, 3.AG Third prize – Ján Bačišin, oktáva &nbsp; Category – essay First prize – Katarína Šarišská, oktáva

It all happened so quickly. One moment you are living it and the next you are reminiscing. Praying for the feeling to come back again, to feel what was lost and change up your life at any cost. Suffering in silence picturing it all in your head wishing it would all come back. With every stroke of a&nbsp;brush, He disappears into the canvas, like I&nbsp;am painting a memory I&nbsp;have never lived. But these moments are dead. And they make room for new ones to come, but you were stuck thinking and it has left you feeling numb. There was one boy that came into my life and stole my heart. And left me feeling used broken and embarrassed. And it felt like my entire world was crashing down... I didn't fall in love with him because I was so alone so empty, or broken or needed to be loved. I&nbsp;fell in love with him because when I&nbsp;am with him the entire world shuts off. Every problem I&nbsp;have goes away. And I can't help but picture our future together...

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