New poem, owned by me, don’t rip it off, and… oh yeah, if you figure out how to stop missing someone, let me know. I was told to keep my heart locked up. You came and said to never shut up. Don’t close yourself inside. Always be who you are, never hide. She said it’sContinueContinue reading “Collateral Damage”
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My First Date
To be honest, I think the only difference between what could’ve been my first date and what actually turned out to be my first date was a mutual understanding that I wanted it to be a date. Had I flirtatiously, only one-tenth joking, asked, “So, can I count this as our first date?” the nightContinueContinue reading “My First Date”
My First Kiss
It went like this: It was my senior year of high school, at a friend’s birthday party, during a game of spin the bottle (or rather spin the digital spinner). I was a few days past seventeen and he was (apparently, as I found out after the fact) fifteen. At least he was older thanContinueContinue reading “My First Kiss”
To Keep Dreaming
I woke up yesterday with a dream of you fresh on my mind. I can’t recall the plot. I only remember a single frame. We’re in a home. The living room and kitchen area. There’s a brown leather couch to the left. There’s a short wooden capsule-shaped table in the kitchen capable of seating maybeContinueContinue reading “To Keep Dreaming”
Not For A Lack of Words
Too many versions. That’s the issue. Too many versions. A week ago, I suddenly had this epiphany and thought I had broke through my writer’s block on the project I began in the summer. Except, this epiphany led to me trying to rewrite the entire story from the start. The only difference? Perspective. That’s theContinueContinue reading “Not For A Lack of Words”
