I looked at myself in the mirror, the darkness making my eyes foggy. A strand of my hair—too thin, withering away. I tried to smile, but...

Oh, Nostalgia,  My dear old friend.  There you are, standing down the grocery store aisle, your eyes hovering by the cherries—like they...

How did I feel?  Please ask me once more...  I am not sure how I was supposed to feel. The lines between what we had and what was lost...

The end came swaying with the winds of early November, just before the rains. It arrived capriciously, that I feared I had seen it...

I’m not sure what to call you—are we lovers? Friends?  You have always meant much more to me than I have dared to admit. You hold me in...

Of course, you were not looking for something serious...  Pursed lips and the taste of coffee on your tongue, a broken toothpick between...

Fear was all I had ever known for most of my life, becoming more of a friend than a foe. I knew fear lived inside me, how he drenched me,...

I write to you, for you—these words, in the hope they leave an imprint on your soul.  I am no one, nobody to you. Yet, at times, I wonder...

I don’t know what to tell you now, since I promised you that I will never let you slip away from my heart. But something changed in the...

I’m beginning to believe there’s a shift that happens when souls depart this earth, that maybe their mortality isn’t truly acknowledged...

It’s this love... this love that I see everywhere, all around me. Love, morphing into shapes and curves I cannot name. It’s the kind of...

I closed my eyes and tried to lift my heart back up, as every day it sank lower, threatening to invade my womb. It was a horrid feeling,...

How well can you ever really know someone? Is it possible to fathom the weight of what it is they hide, the depth of the pits in their...

From a writer’s perspective: Handle with care, for this is a fragile affair—do not touch the glass, lest the walls collapse into ruins. I...

It’s 2 A.M Sunday morning, and I am sitting across the room with my friends on the cold floor of my apartment. It seems that time is...

Sometimes, I feel everything at once. Sometimes, I feel nothing at all. There are days when I can hold every emotion with my flimsy...

Summer doesn’t feel like summer anymore, but I think the skies are as blue as ever. There is a weariness that comes with endings, but now...

One foot in, one foot out. But once the door closes, please forget me. I implore you not to think of me. I hope my memory fades with the...

Today I sit by the river banks and remember you. My heart softens at the thought that once you were here, you dreamt of me, and you hoped...

Trigger warning: This story contains sensitive content related to suicide, including discussions of suicidal thoughts and behaviors....