I have shattered my ankle three times in the past 16 years in the same location: Tanner Park, my second home growing up as a child. It is a playful park along the shore of the beach in the city of...

People always say, “You're too young to say you've had your first love,” but I’d be kidding myself if I said I hadn’t. At my young age, my first love came unexpectedly. He was 5’8 to be exact,...

"I always wanted to be the best. So, I was impatient and always restless. Comparing myself with others became my daily life." I reflect upon my actions, and my thoughts, and truthfully told, I certainly...

It was a cold dark autumn evening, in the land of Acanon; the time when the practice of sorcery was forbidden. Prince Octavius walked out of his palace and felt the cold dark autumn air. Acanon was a mystery...

I am the seed Dropped into the womb of Mother Earth I am nourished with drops of sun And doused with water for survival Sprouting through the soil I begin to move on my own I grow upward Onto...

  Over and over again The same old memories The same old feelings, in my head. My dearest friends, they never left. My dearest family, they never passed.   I’m still...

Inside my little bubble Never tried a rebuttal I’m always lost in thinking Never tinkering my wording I think something’s passed So, I never dashed for it Wrong words Wrong joke Wrong time As...

The sea engulfed me, black began to fill My vision, water came throughout my throat It killed what air remained inside, until My heart gave out and body became bloat.   I ate some...

Everyone knew the dangers that lay, yet they still come to “play”. Whether it’s to actually learn or to get away from home, people still came to the school that was a literal living hell hole. A...

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been in this state of being alone, although I’m surrounded by people. Such is the life of the last living member of the Belmonte Clan. My family was hunted out...

[Lady Macbeth is walking back and forth] Lady Macbeth: Macbeth has gone out of control. He won’t listen to reasoning, and who is to blame? I, I am to blame for this. I drove him to his madness and...

It was never about the end of the ride It was the journey within The thrills and love she experienced along the way The feeling of never wanting to sit down Always longing to be a part of the...