Plains, video games, and cars; the notorious group of three that turned me right into a thug. It was a heat summer time day, and I used to be a baby. But the gorgeous climate belied the actions on King Edward’s Manner, the place pure evil was happening. The horrible males had been decimating the […]
“Leave him alone!” I screamed at a greasy, pudgy-faced boy. His face fell as I stared him down, daring him to say anything. The boy stuttered, shocked by my assertiveness. Afraid the next word he’d say would be his last, he ran off with his slender, freckled friend. The playground was a battleground for elementary […]
“I hate listening to you guys struggle, or listening to you cry on a regular basis. Nobody deserves to be handled like this. He ought to by no means hit you, or cheat on you,” Sara, my greatest good friend, advised me. This sense of disgust in direction of my relationship with Chad, my boyfriend […]
“We don’t have much time, do we?” he spoke softly, staring enraptured at the inky constellations. The stars were never quite as clear as they were that fateful night; Orion’s belt outlined itself perfectly in specks of radiating plasma, forming that heroic shield —I could practically feel the stardust from trillions of years stirring in […]
“It’s a hot and humid day in Swat Valley, Pakistan A young student boards the school bus since walking is no longer safe She sits, chatting with her friends after a long day of exams A man jumps onto the bus and pulls out a gun The last thing the girl remembers is the sound […]
1:03.59. The numbers flash in my mind. It is the time that will prove my efforts were not in vain. It is the time that will decide if I end up on top. It is the time that will make me a winner. 1:03.59. The numbers flash in my mind once again. I am ready […]
“I wish to be in Buffalo when the world ends.” I look up from the journal I’ve been flipping by and take a look at my good friend with skepticism. Rolling her eyes as if the reasoning behind her weird assertion is clear to everybody besides me, she explains, “As a result of it’s all […]
Looking back, it was Christian’s face that made me persevere- even though the money was not going to him and I may never see Christian again. But it was for Christian that I chose to sell my bracelets. On January 12th, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake decimated Haiti. When the images rolled in of the […]
The lights are glowing with a fuzzy haze that makes the audience beyond the curtain impossible to see. They are nothing more than a blurred darkness, yet I know they are there. Will they notice if I fall? Will they think me any less talented if I stumble? What if I mess up that one […]
I find solace with the television on, and the cable box turned off. With fragments of black and white vibrating across the screen, and stagnant white noise infiltrating my soul and invigorating my bones, I have the opportunity to feel nothing. I am liberated by the stillness; the static sets me free. Living with an […]