The winter is cold A time we want to forget As we hold To our regret The days feel As if they can’t Be real As those chant Cheery Christmas songs And spread love The longs Of...

Regret has become a familiar feeling for me in the past few months. It feels that my life only really started just over a year ago, and I feel that I’ve been evolving at the speed of light. With this...

You healed me. The parts of me that were unknowingly cut open and bleeding. The troubles I faced, you somehow faded them and showed me love. When I lacked bravery and strength, you were my protector. When...

As our class moves up Our need to progress goes down   We are scared of what comes next We are scared of the unknown   What do we do when night falls and suddenly we’re not...

I was thrilled about two of my favorite artists releasing new music in the same month. This was the same day you came up to me, knowing about my excitement. Of course you were also excited, we have the...

Sylvia Plath screams in my head. Her voice is shrill and ripped raw, cracking and weak as she repeats the same two words from her parched lips. It’s so deafening that I wince. “Fig tree.” Everything...

Author’s note: I am writing this because my sister is going to the grade I was when this story happened. This vignette was written just to share my story and get my thoughts onto a page. Each year about...

you’re your own person, love should make you feel good, your friends should treat you with kindness, you don’t need others validation, just your own, it’s okay to be alone sometimes, appreciate...

to my sister, if i had a million words to describe my sister there are many things that come to mind generous, kind, empathetic, caretaker, everything she is, i am not   to my sister   from...

 if i could i would dive in the deepest end i would board her train of thoughts and ride it until i saw all of the beautiful sights along the way then maybe i could make her understand me more than...

they say that grief comes in waves they were right i’m drowning in the waves crashing over my body    the first wave was denial this wave crashed over my body and made me numb so numb my...

there’s something so incredibly remarkable about the Junk of a Drawer  there’s one bound to be found in any room in a home almost anywhere the lengths that some go to hide it from your curious...