Sydney Barish
Sydney Barish is a senior at the Eleanor Roosevelt High School, a relatively small public school based in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York. She enjoys writing and exploring techniques to make reading a sensory experience as well as an intellectual one. Sydney also enjoys creating art, whether in the form of writing, painting, or music and loves to share it with her peers.
The Black Songbird
*Please Note: This piece contains content about suicide.* After her brother’s suicide, Ophelia contemplates what it means to take your own life and who is accountable.