Teen Ink

Nothing takes the blue out of the sky or the shine out of the sun or the caress out of the breeze like good old-fashioned unrequited love.

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...

Todayshe had eightcats. One for every sinshe had ever committed.They livedin her two-room trailerwith her and relieved themselves all overthe floor.Other than the catsall she owned was a Bibleand a...