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My skin yearnsfor the sideways kiss of morning sun,for lake droplets lifted off my skinby balmy dandelion air.And my laughter waits for dock picnics,green…
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The first time I heard of the wave of school shootings streaking across our nation, I was shaken to the core of my being. The second time, I was scared…
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I’m sorry, but...what are we teaching the kids these days?Are we teaching them to go alongwith whatever the most dominant person says?Don’t have opinions,…
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They say thathe was the waterand she was the fire.But his riptides overcame herand buried her flame.She was caught in his wild stormsand tossed around…
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The snow swirls around me,covering up my footprintsand leaving me strandedin the colorless blizzard.The cold bites at my bare skin,turning it to a rosy…
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One shoe off, then the other.Quiet, besides the rhythmic replacementof clothing fabric against my skin.The lights don’t buzz;the sink doesn’t drip, for…
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Happiness is the faded memoryof tiny cross-country skisnext to your father’s tall ones,and of climbing the snowy hill sideways(or else you will fall back…
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Chapter 1Today I am asked to write whatever comes to my mind,and really nothing is coming to my mind.So really, my mind is like… a blank field of…
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I traveled deep into the Earth,forging my way to the devil’s hearth,slipping on the gravely stones,taking in the faded bones…In that hellish place I sawan…
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The Lorax tried, but he couldn’t stop him.It is my turn to make him understand.I speak; my leaves brush against my fellow saplings.I feel; my roots dig…