I woke up at 7 AM My nervous system Ignored the melatonin pill I swallowed 4 hours ago The butterflies in my stomach Created an effect with their wings Making it hard for me to drift off - It’s been years since I woke up before the alarm. I have…

Death isn’t happy. It isn’t funny. It shouldn’t make you laugh. Look at me. Snorting and screaming and slapping arms because I’m over it. Grateful. - The deaths of friendships …

When’s the last time you had sex, when’s the last time you got tested? And the last time you had sex, did you have it while protected?

His words were never said to me His words were only read by me I should have known But was never told Too late because he’s dead to me - …

The last time I fell in love, utterly and irrevocably, I stayed for a year and a half. I spent the final five months, deciding on the finale. And once…

They don’t tell you How much you’ll want them to be in love so you can give them the chance of writing the story that will change everything How you pray to God daily for the strength to be good How you fear making mistakes that leave scars, always wondering…

We know the once upon a time story — Girls in the kitchen, boys go to work Boys learn to punch while we learn to hurt — Men go to…

Can’t even look in the mirror without My reflection hiding from me Can’t put pen to paper With my words erasing on me Can’t speak out loud Without my mind…

No one tells you about the after. After the anger. After the emotions. After the apologies. What happens when you’re faced with the possibility of returning to the pre-them time? Before you dreamt of them? Before you watched yourself in the mirror, Uttering their last name with your first? Before…