All I know is when You leave me, and it’s always You who leaves or them who pull me away, I am left a void. …
A Secret Garden by Marissa J. Gates
While my friends, all beautiful with diamond promises on their left hands, live out overflowing love and beginnings, I’m here in this empty, secret, overgrowth …
Thanksgiving by Chianne
Thanksgiving is something nice, like the wind that rustles the leaves on the old maple tree at Grandma’s house, or the smell of Grandpa’s pipe …
Lighthouse: A Shining Light in Mental Illness
I was listening to a song by Mallory Knox called “Lighthouse.” A particular lyric struck a chord in me and inspired this. “Find the lighthouse …
A person just like me by Mary Teresky
I sit in the corner of the bar My toes twist, my throats tightens I shouldn’t be here, I don’t belong. People laughing, drinking, smiling …
The Different Types of Depression
Something that is not talked about as often as it should be is the different types of depression people have. The only two mental illnesses …
A Casualty of College
Recently, Germ received an email from one of our readers whose sister just went off to college. As many of us with close siblings can …
Crying Stardust by Sydney Tatum
Sometimes when I lie awake at night, when I grow weary of the electronic hum from my household devices and the symphony of snoring from …
Floating by Cassandra Peterson
I float in a blurred balance of life, Slowly falling through the dark spaces in between the light, Filling in the blanks with my own …