The moment our souls first connected, I could feel the stars shattering because I was too young to have found my soul sisters, scattered among the streets of this tedious town. Forests vanished beneath the tip of my pen when I wrote about you, all of you, and the memories we made that year of […]
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I know you still dream of space, as if there’s more hope where the stars are and no distance between us. I’m sorry I had to leave. We both know making homes in heartbeats only lead to clichés, like standing outside your window, crying in the rain. I swear, in another life, it’s us who […]
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look at us now, strangers, both casualties of Time and i still have the route to your house programmed in my bones forever seems so attainable when you’re young and indifferent early mornings and late nights singing to the radio endless laughter and occasional tears christmas presents and birthday wishes nothing is infinite (innately we […]
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I can’t believe that it’s been ten years since we last saw each other. I remember clearly how we used to see each other every day at school. The early morning hellos, the few stolen minutes of chatting in between classes, the hour-long exchanges of stories during lunch breaks, and the short but sweet farewells […]
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Relationships are a wonderful part of the human existence: You create intimate emotional and physical bonds with another human being, and you learn to let yourself grow within that relationship. Unfortunately, not all relationships end up lasting as long as we want them to. No matter who initiates a breakup, and no matter how long […]
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There are a lot of great things about growing up, but a lot of things also suck pretty badly. You pay your own bills, you make tough choices, and your mom is no longer the one picking you up from a party; that’s all on you now. I’ve found that one of the hardest things […]
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Through decades of bad hairstyles, poor fashion choices, rap music, and everything in between, the slogan of teen angst has remained consistent: “UGH, I CANT WAIT TO GET OUT OF HERE AND LIVE MY OWN LIFE!” …or something along those lines. Whether you’re from New York City or the northern most point of Alaska, you’ve probably […]
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