The ocean crashed against itself in the distance, warning all to not go in. On the beach, however, the small waves rippled up the shore before pulling back, teasing the sand. Seagulls sang their screechy songs while they flew above the water as if they were mocking the harsh waves: “You won’t harm us from here.”
Read More“You don’t need to worry, you know,” my mom says. Sometimes I think she can read my mind.
“Yeah, I know.” I stare down at my tie-dye crocs. Then I look up.
Read More“As I waded into the water with heavy gear weighing me down, I tried to push away my nerves and focus on the waves slapping the golden sand.”
Read More“They say, ‘grow where you are planted.’ While, yes, this may be true, it also holds true that, like a coconut which travels for miles and miles upon the wavy sea before taking root, it is possible to grow so far from where you intended.”
Read More“I now understand that the environment around us can shape us, but we hold power to shape ourselves and what we can take away from our surroundings. We hold the most power when we let ourselves be our true authentic selves.”
Read More“…you’re the author of your own story, your own life.
You have the power to decide how your story is written.”
Read More“They say that every adventure starts with a step. A singular footfall, and you’re on your way, ready to take on the world. I disagree. I believe that an adventure begins with the decision to take one, and that this is not easy, but the single most difficult part of the entire journey.”
Read More“It was a cold winter's night and the wind howled like a wolf; snow was plummeting from the sky in a frozen forest. Of course, this was normal weather in the highest area of northern Maine.”
Read More“I remember wanting to tell you that burnt sugar is waves,
to wash over you, but not swallow you. it’s quicksand,
take a misstep, and you sink.”
“I am welcomed to a new world of challenges
where friendships I had are gone,
like balloons in thin air.”
“Muggy subway steps
reach ground level.
Colored bibs safety pinned;
babies on the loose.”
“When there were no more dolls to play with, we began playing with shrapnel instead.”
Read More“I despise you, yet
your presence comforts me
somewhere deep in my soul. You
are always there. You
never go away.”
Read More“I often pretended to fall asleep on family road trips. That’s when my mom told the best stories, reminiscing with my dad about their life in Vietnam.”
Read More“I can’t remember when I realized I was trans exactly,
But it was probably sometime during squid season.”
Read More“In the shattering
fragments of time
between waking
and sleeping,
hail hammers its fists
against the window.”
Read More“I think I must be getting old
because now here is this person who does not belong to me.”
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