Recently, I had to write a speech for a competition at school on any topic, and I picked my grandmother, who has Alzheimer’s. I feel like this topic is important to hear, not only so that you have an insight into the disease but so that you can also appreciate your grandparents more. My grandma […]
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Everyone will no doubt go through challenges in their life, and these can be hard to overcome. No matter how hard you try, you may feel like nothing will help or that, even when you try your best, you can’t see any difference. However, the most important parts of overcoming challenges are usually the first […]
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The first time that you ignored my “no,” I have a distinct memory of my stomach churning and twisting and curling and contourting into a bow. Like the ones you rip off of your presents during Christmas. Except this was not a gift. I should have known by the shape of your pocket-knife fingertips that […]
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i grow the way barbed wire tops a junkyard fence to keep bad men out scavengers with wolf’s teeth & hands hemorrhaged with rust. my wrists are steel, i say, & my body metastasizes out of water in the shape of the sun. last night, i forgot that i am frail but i will not […]
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“Do you suppose she’s a wildflower?”– Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland When you think about it, some of the most beautiful flowers are wild. For those of you who have never felt like part of the mainstreamed gardens of life, I hope you’ll embrace the wildflower that you are. I hope you’ll walk on strong stems […]
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Your fingers will never be enough, To count the number of times They called you a slut. But your soul, your soul is armoured enough, Their grenades are the seeds you were born from. They have built a warzone out of your body, You’re the country they fight over. But you never asked to […]
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Kill the part of you that believes it can’t survive without someone else. Start with the hands. The feeble way they shake holding your morning coffee, the way they did his dishes, his laundry, so willingly. How they itch from the want of undressing his memory. All lonely. All empty – you. Cut them off. […]
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You broke me, I remember that– every single detail about it. Do you? Do you remember it? Don’t worry if you don’t I’ve written it all down, especially for you; It’s a gift. You broke me like a glass, like a bone. But I fixed myself, It took me time, people, tears, and poems. I’ve […]
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The boy died when he was walking home across the estate he’d walked across a hundred times before. It was a blade, a mistake, an older kid on a bike who thought he was someone else, someone who deserved a knife, deserved to lie there for an hour before he was found. The boy died […]
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