Legs shaking, beads of sweat slipping down my neck, I slowly step up to the block. My head is spinning but empty of everything at the same time. A voice in my mind whispers focus. Out of the corner of my eye I see another swimmer warming up, stretching her arms and rolling her neck. A second later s...
Everyone is staring with eyes so wide
Not knowing that to us it’s not all about pride
This is our job, it’s just who we are
But today it’s almost like we’re rock stars
We grab all our gear and start our procession
Towards the towers with focused expressions
Hundreds of us go up the s...
All alone, warming our bodies in the sun
Daydreaming and tracing clouds with our fingers
As our bodies touch and goose bumps fade
Moments like these don’t come around enough
All alone, whispering in each others ears
Noticing the way we fit together
Dancing fingers across my skin
Just us i...
At camp I met a pretty boy
And he was as sweet as can be
We talked and laughed and had such fun
I thought he was the one for me
He was always trying to catch my eye
Smiling when I looked his way
I couldn’t help but stare sometimes
His big blue eyes, they made my day
One night when we w...
Jumping. Leaping.
My feet dance wildly
Across sea stained rocks.
Higher. Faster.
The wind blows through my hair
Guiding me towards the top.
Crashing. Spraying.
Below me waves beat a rhythmic
Tune against the shore.
Bending. Twisting.
I reach the edge and look over into
The deep gray wate...
I stepped into the small green clearing,
my clearing,
a space full of flowers and grass
with a crooked blue creek
running along its border.
A place where I could be alone
and still feel surrounded by the birds singing,
the crickets humming,
and the wind dancing through my hair.
I fall onto ...
I stood there on the bridge, staring down into the water. The smooth dark surface looked like a mirror, reflecting ever miserable event that happened that day. That day when Jace died. I remembered the small article in the newspaper: this morning a car flipped off the bridge over Cardinal River, the...
I watched as the bus roared to life and drove away, filling my lungs with its exhaust and leaving me utterly alone on that quiet stretch of road. I bent over to grab my small gray duffel, took a deep breath and started my long walk down ‘memory lane’. Feeling the weight of so many years pressing...
Whenever we're together
Something pulls me in
Whenever you come closer
My lips spread into a grin
I try to run away
But you always drag me back
I know that I should leave
But its like I'm on a track
You always seem to shock me
When you whisper "I love you"
But when...
We both had little pieces of matching thread
on our wrists
our own handmade friendship bracelets.
she told me that the day these came off
we wouldn't be friends anymore
so i was always extra careful
making sure mine never broke or got lost.
but then one day i saw her with someone e...