I've always liked being in control. My planner, filled with checklists and to-do items, contains my whole life. Filling out forms brings me a weird sense of satisfaction. I like putting all the ... [+]
Once upon a time there lived a beautiful princess in a beautiful castle. She was kind and generous and everybody loved her.
In that same palace lived a lowly servant. The servant longed to be
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The phone buzzed twenty-six times on my bedside table. Moaning, I turned my aching body and grabbed the phone with my uninjured hand.
"John?" a shrill voice demanded.
"Hey Natalie."
"Where
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my jaw is heavy my teeth feel wired shut
my foot keeps twitching my mind is blank
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It's 3AM and you're there again. You're always there, every day, for the past 3 years, 2ꟷ6AM unfailingly. The stale air of the attic settles uncomfortably all around you, as the only intelligible ... [+]
"Roses are red
And love is mad."
The poet sighs
And floods our eyes.
When love's too
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The sun shines differently in India, warmth burning around me like I'm a candle wick, a baby ... [+]
Little brothers are annoying, aren't they? They're messy and whiny, god so whiny. They take your things without asking, they're...endlessly loud. That afternoon, my half-brother was the quietest he'd ... [+]
What phantom water can revive
the remnants of these roots?
On the brink of being alive,
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Who Needs Sleep When Life is a Dream?
My love for life is unequivocal & unwavering, & when you love something, you never want to say goodbye. Each time I close my eyes, the whole world I hold so
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You really didn't have to react that way. You really didn't have to gaze at my face with such an air of disgust, as if I was nothing more than a crushed worm glued to the sole of your shoe. Your eyes ... [+]
I proposed to the love of my life in September, and she ran away from me. I'd expected her to say no, sure, as I knelt down in front of the Old Well with no ring, no intention, no plan. We were ... [+]
By the time she could hear the front door click shut, she was already shrugging off her coat and tossing the discarded garment on one of the kitchen barstools. It was admittedly too hot out for a ... [+]
‘Twas the night before finals, when all through college,
Not a student was sleeping, stuffing
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