Life is not a time bomb. You have time. I know it all seems scary right now; I know school seems really important, but in …
Dream
It’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 …
Emerging from the Exit
“There’s no great loss without some small gain.” — Little House on the Prairie In this life, there will be many signs which point you on …
Someday by Ionne Gagui
I dream about someday, Like it’s shelter from fear, But what if I reach it To find darkness still near? I’m scared of the bed …
Twenty-first by Amy Lauren Jones
On the picnic blanket under the oak tree my father turned to me and said: “We hope you always come back here,” where the shade …
Change Is a Good Thing
It’s the end of the world. He and I are completely done. What did I even do wrong? The day was going so perfectly. We …
Finishing My Senior Year
Dear me in 2017, I have one question: Do you miss high school yet? At this point in my junior year, I am very overwhelmed …
I Cry by Alyssa Jett Chaney
The world is not mine Where men try to control the wasteland The wasteland colored in green and armored by iron The landfill becomes …
Dear Seventeen-Year-Old Self
Dear seventeen-year-old-self, The world has not stopped spinning in the days leading up to our birthday, but it has begun to spin even faster. …