I had wanted comfort for so long, I thought I found it Most people think the beginning is fun but to me it is a labyrinth  Scary, unfamiliar...

The bread crumbs The precious scraps The meager subsistence I have always had to make do with less A lifetime of half love has left me hungr...

Standing defiant against a tide I cannot change, I remember what it was like to be strong and mighty. I remember what it was like to be whol...

It always starts off slow. Eyes glassy from holding back tears, taking measured breaths in an attempt to slow my pounding heart. The burn t...

You didn’t realize I could see your soul. Lost and mangled, Resentful thoughts with a mouth full of excuses.  People like you love ...

As a child the only time I ever had lemon cookies was at my grandfather’s house. They were the store brand ones with the cream in the middl...

I want my ex to apologize for ignoring me when I needed him most. I want my sister to break the patterns of her destructive behavior. I wa...

Your love held me in place. I would tell myself that the weight of it all felt good, as though I had a reason to be part of this. But th...

I can only see you in the dark. When my eyes are closed. Surrounded by the endless unknown. There was a time when I could watch your smile...

One last love letter from Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII. Your Majesty, Do you remember how you loved me so? For I am not able to forge...

"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because th...

Cleopatra's final words to Mark Antony as he lay dying in her arms. I survived so much already. The things I've had to do just to...

I am not your delicate flower; I am the bad weather that tests its will to survive. I don't give warning signs. I like to watch you p...

A lot of people feel like museums are eerily quiet. I've never felt that way. For me museums are some of the loudest places on earth. Ev...

"What a lovely day; there isn't even a cloud in the sky".  What makes a cloudless day so perfect?  That pleasant blue...

Everyone seems to love a fire of passion, and who could blame them? Few things compare to that measure of heat and consumption. Ripped apa...

Remember when you were a kid on a sleepover? Remember how much fun you had with your friends staying up way later than you should have? Thos...

Back in 2011 I visited my best friend who was living in Virginia at the time. We went to Washington D.C. and I was thrilled to see that the...

I want love scratched from my memory. Remove it from the back of my eyelids so I may have one place to find solace. Take it from my hear...

Thank you for reminding me that even though I don't always get what I want, I do always get just what I need. Thank you for reminding ...