December 20, 2017, marked one year since my grandfather passed away. The past year has been a journey of first denial, grief, then guilt, and …
All the Broken Hearts
There’s only one word to describe the empty hollow inside of your chest that springs tears into your eyes and the constant state of nothing …
If My Brother Was a Writer by Kate Foley
He’d spill a novel about how the only time I told him his art was beautiful was when the whites of my eyes were on …
Happily Ever After by Sania Mushtaq
“And nobody tells you what happens after they say happily ever after,” she blurts out. “Nobody tells you what happens after endearment starts to fade …
The White Place by Chance Walsh
These walls are unbroken Inside them I’m breaking bending bleeding Pleading for freedom far from this prison I’ve built. Lyrical liar don’t listen to your …
PSA: Mental Disorders Are Not Romantic
I think one of the problems with society today is that everyone seems to be romanticizing mental disorders. People think it’s cool to be “depressed” …
The Morning After by Lori Werner
After we slung our rotten insults, after we slammed every door, after we clawed the headboard paint instead of saying, sorry, after I dropped the tea …
Anger is Sadness Set on Fire by Megan Tyler
My mother made a slide show for my grandfather’s funeral, and I would stand in silence, observing the process, and she pushed me aside as …
Dear High School Me
Dear High School Me, You have it all figured out, don’t you? It’s okay, though. You justify it by knowing that you’re still young, …