Birds cirlced over head. Crows. A whole murder of them. I depised crows. They always showed up in bad weather to bring bad news. The last time the crows showed up, we found out daddy was shot in Stalingrad.

Mamas been worrying a whole lot about rations. She said we don’t have enough for the four of us. I said her and my little brother, Christoph, could have mine.

There was a crow sitting on the wi...

‘Even if you have even if you need I don’t mean to stare we don’t have to breed we could plant a house we could build a tree I don’t even care we can have all three’ blasted through my car windows on the chilly August night. How I loved Nirvana. Everything about them seemed extraordinary, and not to mention Kurt’s voice. It was like a cherry on top. I could forget all about my problems and turn on...

Vroom. Vroom. Thats all you hear at midnight outside the library. I glanced out the window to see the noise, and as I assumed theirs another street race. Every since summer started they’ve been racing. I’m surprised the cops haven’t put a stop to it yet.

It was now around one in the morning, and the noise wasn’t any better. I stepped outside into the cool chill of the June night, holding my books...

The heart.

The heart decides quicker than the brain.

The heart knows what it wants.

The heart doesn’t know it will get hurt

The brain.

The brain takes seconds, days, months, years, to decide.

The brain doesn’t know what it wants.

The brain knows it will get hurt.

The brain and the heart.

The heart keeps the brain functioning.

The brain keeps the heart from breaking.

The brain and the heart are mea...

It had been a rough day already. First I missed the train, had to skip lunch, and even worse someone stole my purse. At least there looks to be some easy prey on the streets of Brooklyn.

There was this boy, maybe around my age or a little older. He had a mop of blonde hair and dark eyes. I’m surprised he could even see where he was going. The thing that caught my eye first though, was the jacket. ...