I can’t do it. I can’t do it. I think I’m going to puke. My hands shook as I opened my bass case. Can anyone see them shaking? I fumbled to clip on the guitar strap, which was suddenly impossible. I couldn’t even feel my fingers. I dropped my only guitar pick, bent to retrieve […]
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A group of friends sit together, giggling and tittering over idle gossip. Bouts of laughter strike sometimes, and all of them snicker over some joke. Each one of the girls contributes in telling her narrative. One, however, remains silent. Not in a harmful sense, though, because she pitches in her participation by bursting into laughter […]
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Can you hear me? My breaths and silent screams. My eyes are shooting stars into space My fingers are weaving planets into galaxies, spinning universes from my fingertips. I’m thinking too fast, too hard Words swirl like the Milky Way on the tip of my tongue But I say nothing. It slides down back into […]
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Escapism. [noun] Defined in the Oxford Dictionary as: “The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially by seeking entertainment and engaging in fantasy.” I am, by definition, an escapist. I leave behind my sorrow and mood. I sink beneath the urge to brood. Run as far as I can from the feelings. […]
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I’ve been told, “I bet you’re fun at parties,” a lot, especially given I’m only 16 years old. This has been said to me sarcastically, of course. Everybody who’s said that is right; there’s something about sharing fun facts and puns and your opinions on important human rights issues that, for some reason, doesn’t transfer […]
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I get it. You’re an introvert, and you have trouble hanging out with large groups of people — especially when they start sniffing around your attic door because they’re pretty sure they heard a person in there. People are hard. They’re hard to read, hard to follow, and it’s hard to know if they actually […]
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By definition, an introvert is “a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings,” which sounds extremely self-centered and is only slightly accurate. Introverts aren’t homebodies or self-absorbed, anxious weirdos. My counselor explained introversion very nicely to me one time. She put it very simply: “Introverts get energy from being […]
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