- Class of 2025 Heart in a Box

The box is transparent. It maintains awareness of its existence and it has a strong build that surrounds it in every aspect. The box is tightly shut as a protection from the dangers in the air, it survives on two simple tubes and an external pump, they assure its beating, maintaining it alive, and containing the leftover warmth But a heart in a box can't have the same experience as one connected to the body

One without walls that protect it, without depending on outside sources to survive. A normal heart is healthier and stronger. It feels and loves harder, a normal heart beats faster through excitement. It lets people in with no fear of opening doors. It overcomes challenges and learns to live with bandages as the existence of an overwhelming warmth can be felt. This heart is scarred, but it healed well Its muscles are strong and prepared for the future ahead. It appreciates feeling, and living.

The heart in a box can survive the anatomical aspects. The heart beats and pumps and keeps it alive, but the heart cannot live.

Living is not breathing, it is not beating. Living is loving, it's crying and laughing Living is growing, it's creating never ending memories It's experiencing new things It's learning, it's falling Living is the most important aspect of the human experience.

The overwhelming warmth of love and joy surpasses blood. Memories and Experiences surpass oxygen.

But so many don't live. Some choose to, some don't get to.

A heart can not learn to be alive in a box because it won't survive. Its existence will deteriorate.

Living outside of the box must be a goal. Learning to be grateful for accomplishing so must be too.

There is no sense in being alive if one cannot live