my best friend's cancer came back today.
I’m so sorry to hear that. There’s a poem by Jacqueline Berger, called The Failure of Language, about a person dealing with her best friend dying in the hospital, that might give you a bit of...
View ArticleMy parents didn't take me coming out well.
Maybe they don’t understand love as well as you do, then.
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just a reminder at how much of an amazing person you are, you are honestly...
;) Thank you so much!
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I just wanted to tell you that I've been struggling with anxiety and...
I think it’s wonderful and very brave that instead of hurting yourself, you decided to read some poetry. You should be very proud of yourself for having the courage to do that.I’m so glad my writing...
View ArticleCan you give tips for someone who's a writer/writing a piece that they feel...
This is a pretty tough question to answer.You’ll know the piece is complete when the ending hits you like a punch in the chest.The ending should tie up the rest of the piece neatly, and often it helps...
View Article"I don’t know why I love you. I don’t know why you leave me whenever I am...
“I don’t know why I love you. I don’t know why you leave mewhenever I am faced with my own body. In my loose clothes and walk, you say“secret" and “muscle." Outside the dumpsters are lifted and...
View Articlemessage in a bottle sent to a former lover
What you and I had together can’t even really be called history;it was more like volumes of feelings and electricitythat we couldn’t translate even a single paragraph of.I guess I’m hoping that this...
View Articlewhere do we live?
My five-year-old niece asks me where we live, and I tell herthat we live in a land where America is the punchlineof some God’s joke that half of us are busy debatingthe existence of, while the other...
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That last one was beautiful. My goodness. Would you mind if I saved it to...
Thank you! Sure, you can save it.(If anyone else would like to read that last piece, it’s here.)
View ArticleI'm about to be a freshman in high school this coming school year. I'm kind...
Don’t ever let anyone tell you who to be. You are the only sculptor of your own personality and your own self-worth, and you are the only one who knows how to handle that kind of clay.Someone else’s...
View ArticleI'm on my mobile but the first was about what to tell someone who wants to...
Got it! I’ll link you to the other ones, then. Thank you for telling me which ones you’d read.a few reasons to stay aliveso you want to kill yourselfask from an anonthe night I talked my lover out of...
View Article"Some days I miss you so much I’d jump off the roof of your office building...
“Some days I miss you so much I’d jump off the roof of your office building just to catch a glimpse of you on the way down.” - Jeffrey McDaniel
View ArticleYou should probably give credit to the things you didn't write. For example,...
I tagged that post with “lyrics" and with the band’s name. So yes, I do credit everything I don’t write.
View ArticleHi! I think your writings are absolutely beautiful and inspirational, and I...
Hello! Thank you :)EtherealBucolicSerenityImbueOpulentPrestigeSerendipityMallWoebegone
View ArticleDo you have any pieces on somebody close dying of an overdose? My cousin died...
I am so sorry to hear that. I do actually have a piece about a cousin who dies of a drug overdose, oddly enough.It’s here.Best of luck in your healing process. <3
View Article"You’re not doing well and finally I don’t have to pretend to be so...
“You’re not doing well and finally I don’t have to pretend to be so interested in your on going tragedy,butI’ll rob the bank that gave you the impression that money is more fruitful than words, and...
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