Camila falls back onto her couch, blowing out a mint watermelon cloud of vapor from her neon pink vape. She looks up at the ceiling and sighs, bringing the short glass of vodka to her lips and taking a sip.
“Please tell me that’s water.”
Camilla slowly shifts her gaze to the spot on the couch beside her. Her mother was there, staring her down with that judgemental glare of hers. “It’s not.” Ca...
I fell in love with you hard and fast
You were what I’d imagined for myself
The sound of your voice, your smirk, the way your body fit mine
Your ambition and your endless search for more
The way you seemed to melt at the sound of my voice
The way you almost cried when we first said goodbye
I fell in love with our videochats every day
With the silly little updates you would give me about your life...
Selena moves back and forth slowly while seated on the short plastic seat of a swing. The park was so much smaller than she remembered. What used to be a whole world of adventure when she was younger was now just an oxidized couple of swings, a wonky wooden seesaw with a missing seat, a plastic jungle gym that she could smell from where she was right now. There was dried up grass all around her, d...
Wooly words
Satin scents
Plush pains
Velvety views
Tender treats
Fuzzy fights
Cozy contentment
Supple serenity
It’s the feeling of being in love
It’s the feeling of accomplishment
It’s coming home at the end of a long day
It’s meditation
I feel the most me when I am Her
The girl who inhales and exhales silk
The girl who lives up in the clouds
In a palace of luxurious delicacies
A caref...
Dare to dream
That’s what they taught us in school
You can be anything you want
What do you want to be when you grow up?
It’s a cruel game if you think about it
All of these grown ups asking us about our dreams
Willing us to imagine our future fantasies
When they themselves gave up on theirs
Do they want to live through us?
Or do they just want someone to join them in their misery?
Well I have da...
Gerard places his empty wine glass over the white, fake marble Ikea table in Lilith’s living room. His eyes trail over to her, watching as she licks her lips after taking a sip of wine. She was a beautiful girl. Long flowing black hair that seemed to always be caught in the wind, her eyes slanted upwards giving her the impression of a cat. Her lips were plump and inviting, and she always had them ...
Nature heals.
That’s what everybody around me has always said. Whenever I’ve found myself emotionally stunted the first advice my mother would give me would be “You should do some grounding. Go dip your bare feet into the grass for at least ten minutes. You’ll thank me later.” Other times, when I was suffering from the flu my father would be quick to say, “Nothing a dip in the ocean can’t fix.”
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