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The Compass

She points me North To a place Where grass is greener And sunsets longer And peonies dot the fields. To canned peaches And soft...

Escapism

In English class today, our questionable teacher introduced our next unit by going through an overview of literature in two categories:...

"...I will give you rest."

when you fall so behind in something how can you possible hope to make up? to catch up? to be enough? When you know you're being...

Shave and a Haircut...

It's currently 2:06 AM and I still haven't started studying for a biology unit test I have later today but I ended up spending the last...

The Paper Boat

Fold properly Crease gently And send it across the sea But even crumpled paper Floats. She is a paper boat Seconds from sinking But...

The Void

I will throw myself into the darkness My music, my words, Pitch them into the unknown, Into nothing. Because maybe that's all it ever...

The Umbrella

So I use chromebooks at school and they do not have a caps lock button. Something to note about me is that prior to this, I never used...

A Summer of Silence

HAHAH JUST TO BE CLEAR I NEVER PROMISED MONTHLY UPDATES but...yeah, that was like....four months...without any posts which is...bad......

A Beautiful Thing - Storytime 01

Storytime! I've always been a bit on the heavier side, and it's weird but I think I finally just figured out why: Fast food restaurants....

The White Rabbit

I don’t believe she knows The place she’s reached And how high she’s ascended. By simply being who she is Full of woes and words...

"Saltshaker City" finds new meaning

WOW. I am still SHOOK from the things I learned today, that made me understand something on a much greater level than what I had once...

The Star Charter

She lays out her maps and measures the distance To the place where she wants to be and where she is now Her face in distress as she...

Mythbusters // Talkin 'bout stuff

There’s a day when Everything I ever knew to be true Might turn out to be a myth When two grown men with grants for questionable...

Watercolour by a rookie mistake

Watercolour looks beautiful - if you can get it right. I wanted to use this medium because of the kind of soft tone it gives, which was...

The story behind "TOOTHPICK"

I myself was grasping at straws upon why I decided on this title so quickly, especially one so strange and frivolous as "Toothpick"....

Here Comes a Thought

How did the time go by so fast? I really did mean to make another post before the end of the year!!! Christmas, News Years Eve, but alas,...

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