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Not one star shines above us as the city’s lights illuminate every inch of the sky…
Continue ReadingNot one star shines above us as the city’s lights illuminate every inch of the sky…
Continue ReadingSponsored Post Dreams can be fascinating, stress-relieving, stress-boosting, exhausting, and depressing. With the different behaviors of dreams, it is difficult to determine whether your dreams are good or bad for you. We all dream every night, and every dream is different from the previous one in some manner. It becomes challenging at times to remember […]
Continue Readingso this is how life passes at fifteen: we wake up to the violent moon, breaking window panes and shredding plastic blinds. our bodies are sandbags holding back the Mississippi, stripping off clothes that wrap like peeling wallpaper around our skin, pounding beaten sneakers on icy sidewalks that reflect the sky. our days are clockwork— […]
Continue ReadingThis story is one of the April Writing Challenge entries chosen to be a featured story. . People from near and far gathered around my tree, a weeping willow, and called it Dreamscape Landing. Sadness hung in the air. Tears took on a steady flow. They bargained with me to read their letters and accept […]
Continue ReadingYears pass and the efforts Of thousands are slowly Forgotten like the wind That blew on those stormy days Of blood, sweat, and guns, And the concepts of peace And freedom and Ahimsa Spread like the black Monsoon clouds as the people Were roused to hope for the Better days when captivity Existed only in […]
Continue ReadingEveryone will no doubt go through challenges in their life, and these can be hard to overcome. No matter how hard you try, you may feel like nothing will help or that, even when you try your best, you can’t see any difference. However, the most important parts of overcoming challenges are usually the first […]
Continue ReadingIt’s 2 a.m., you are sitting at your desk, sipping your third black coffee and wondering what all did you do wrong to deserve such hatred from your very own parents. What if you are just destined to be stuck at a place where you no longer want to be? Maybe life is all about trying […]
Continue ReadingIn April of this year, I resigned from my job at a prestigious international school here in the Philippines to pursue my dream of working in the media industry. It was scary because I was effectively starting over again. Nevertheless, I sent applications to different companies with hopes of hearing from them the soonest. I heard back […]
Continue ReadingDear me, I hope a couple of years from now you’re okay. I hope you’re able to read this not as a ghost but as a much better person. I hope as you’re reading this you’re either over him or having a good relationship with him. I know he promised that he’d come back for […]
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