You are my world

World full of hope

Hope you never leave me

Me and you are perfect together

Together we are strong

Strong enough to last

Last and first love

Love that will never end

End of life in each other’s arms

Arms so loving

Loving every moment

Moment after moment of our time

Time to leave, it makes me sad

Sad turns to happy when I see you again

Again, I remember your smile

Smile after you m...

My alarm blares into my ears and I jolt upright. I check the time—7:30! School starts at 8:00! I was going to be late. I jumped out of bed. I opened my closet door and pulled out a shirt I don’t remember owning, not being able to wear my usual clothes since I hadn’t bothered to do the laundry since I hit my head after falling into that hole in the ground. I had too much of a headache to be respons...

I should’ve known it would be a bad idea to visit my grandma’s grave at night. I could hardly see over the mist, and the only light I could see by was the full moon. I gently sat the bouquet on top of the soil which was just beginning to grow grass.

I felt a hand on my shoulder. My body jolted, unaware anyone else would visit at this hour. I turn and I see her. My grandma....

James sat back in his office chair. His closet-sized office was littered with cigarette butts and chip bags, which were scattered all across the floor. His desk had crushed cans and crumbs on it. His steaming coffee cup wafted the bitter cocoa scent into the air. He inhaled deeply as he calmly stared at the screens in front of him.

It was the night shift at the store he worked at. Marco’s Grocer...

I couldn’t help myself. Riley never told me any secrets. We’ve been best friends for years, yet she remains so secretive. I had to get a better glimpse into her life.

She would be home from work in 10 minutes. I knew her schedule, memorized it after a week. She arrived at her house at 3:40 every day. I would have to be fast.

I searched for the diary. I found it once when I stayed the night at ...

I shivered as an airy breath left my body, appearing in a cloud of condensation before my face. I readjusted my gloves and approached the vessel. It smelled of smoke and vinegar, the first of the two rising out of the cracks in the metal panels.

“I always told ya aliens are real,” our boss Mikey said. He handed me my clipboard and pen with a paper attached. “But ya never believed ol’ Mikey.”

We...

Look around. The world crumbles. We are in shambles. Yet you—you?—are the one who must save us.

Why you? Because you make up the world. Your very existence impacts everyone else’s lives in ways you cannot comprehend. We all suffer because you haven’t saved us.

One person cannot make change. But when this message reaches you—and you, and you, and even you—a change can be made. The collection of...

The playground was scarce and empty today. Most parents refuse to take their children to the park when it’s raining for fear they may catch a cold, but two children were out playing. Their mother sat on one of the benches, underneath the nearly-dry gazebo which allowed a decent view of the park. The smell of the rain, the cool wind blowing, the occasional mist hitting her skin, and the subtle crea...

I do not know her anymore

The girl in my home

Who attends my school

With the strangest obsession

We once knew each other

The only others we could trust

Hiding from the dark

Seeking the light

In solitude amongst each other

Her back turned on me

So sudden yet I saw it coming

The favorite of the two

Encouraged to hate

The enabler died

The silver lining shone through

For in death lies rebirth

A hop...

It was all wrong. All of it. Everything they thought was right in their life wasn’t.

Jessie tan from door to door, telling the truth to their neighbors, hoping they’d get some help fixing the damaged world they lived in into one of hope that someone would believe them.

The city everyone lived in wasn’t real, but completely fabricated. Of course, Jessie knew this, they’d worked as part of the e...