Teen Ink

Your butchering words In the beginning Went through my head As a child who listens To every word you say Your constant sarcasm Your words which I thought were the truth The never giving...

i asked my father if i could swim, and he said that i would drown. The Sea would imprison me – he said if my feet had left the ground. So i walked out to the water, and cried out – how...

your hug reminds me of shards of promises and stale memoriesI asked for none of those coloring books and hard candiesyou gave to keep me busy quietly I satnot asking questions you never knew how to...