So many young people are taking their own lives before their life even truly begins. Why is that? Maybe it’s a home situation, maybe it’s …
BATTLEFIELD by Keren Chelsea
I WILL NOT LEAVE MY DEAD ON THE GROUND. LET ME SING FOR THE FALLEN; LET ME MOURN AND LET ME WEEP. LET ME LOOK …
Self-Harm Is Never a Solution by Sania Mushtaq
She swallows the words as easy as the pills, the pills they hand out like candy, but still they don’t replace the void in her …
how it really ends by Charlotte Covey
if you draw butterflies on your wrists, they’ll come alive while you sleep and fly away into the night and flutter like sprites. they will …
In Pieces by Megan Tyler
in silence where I lay with roses and their thorns where i bleed where i cannot speak there is another word for this there is …
Daily Routine by Martina Dominique Dansereau
Suicide lives with me. She sleeps in the same room, kicks her laundry under my desk, and leaves her dirty dishes beside my bed for …
Dear Depression
Dear Depression, You suck. You come and go, but you mostly come back to me when I’m stressed. You make me overthink things and make …
This Paper Plane by Aditi Chanda
This paper plane that’s on my wrist Flies round and round my clenched fist As steel is pressed upon my skin To spill the things …
Dear Self: You’re Worth It
Dear Self, I haven’t been writing for myself–excuse me, for you–ever since I met the people around my life: family, friends, loved ones, and that …