“Why do you run?” they say. “Doesn’t it hurt?” they say. I can’t help asking myself these questions as I change out of my pjs this...

Dear ____, The years of your youth are coming to a close with the eve of adulthood making itself present in your shadow. The days you...

When you’re in love with someone, everything looks colorful. Someone said that. I don’t know who, or maybe I did know and I’ve just...

Yelling on the playground with joyful cries. Protesting when it’s time to come inside, just one more minute, I’m about to win this game!...

“I cannot describe it at all. It is possible that it does not exist. But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away”...

Life is made as Sunflowers Life is made and told around the world as sunflowers, from heart to heart, soul to soul Life is made for...

When I was in elementary school, I used to think of myself as a “Good Boy.” Capital G Good, capital B Boy. It sounds silly, but I still...

Colors Lost When I was a little girl Colors were just a whirl Of fall leaves ready to unfurl There were only four that I knew Red,...

Ten. home alone, sister taken to the hospital, darkness, overdose Twelve. depression, left alone, left behind, screaming, silence...

Henry’s eyes drifted slowly across the horizon’s edge, his gaze catching on the few ships which rested on the far-off waves, their pilot...