Rain, despite it being the most important day, thrashed against the metal roof of the church.

A day I thought would be only full of sunny rays, consumed by soggy ground and gloomy clouds.

The day went on and expectations were low,

Then the sun shone and reminded us that the storms we face never last forever.

Moments later, I walked out,

Veil softening my silhouette; dress shining with the sun,...

I remember that day as if it was yesterday.

Perhaps you think I’m talking about the birth of a child, or a wedding, or perhaps even getting an acceptance letter from a college. No. But it is of equal importance.

I was sitting there on the carpeted ground

Eating my breakfast without a sound

When my grandmother came in unannounced.

“Your mother’s on the phone.” She spoke in a quiet tone.

So I ...

I was falling out of life, my breath flickered as her face blinked before me.

Her cheek, soft as a blanket of tree tops beneath my finger tips.

My hand slipped down her face, over that swollen mountain range.

I dragged her wet trail of tears down to my chest. It was heaving, begging.

A desperate, exhausted ‘love you’, escaped my lips, breaking through the sun-bleached desert plains.

Her eyes c...

You left my nose running,

Like a faucet that won't stop,

Dripping endlessly,

Leaving me in a state of discomfort,

Searching for a tissue,

To stop the flow of mucus,

But you, my dear, are nowhere to be found.

Your absence is felt keenly,

As I sniffle and sneeze,

Attempting to clear my sinuses,

But all in vain,

For you are not here to offer comfort,

Or fetch me some medicine,

To ease my symptoms an...

She walked to the door,

I knew this would be the last time,

I wanted to take in every detail,

Burn every inch of her into my mind,

I never wanted to forget,

As she left and I stared,

As she moved on and I stayed behind,

The seconds stretched just for me,

Time had never passed so slowly...

Gently,

he rose from sleep

turning—skin brushed against

her skin, time had never passed so

slowly....

*I’ve had two of these. One today at karate and one yesterday at school*

There’s a screech.

A sound ringing in my ears,

repeating over and over again

my poor, misled fears,

a voice that won’t stop

breaking me down again.

They’re looking at me.

I’m messing up.

How am I supposed to

keep up with them?

They do their own things,

and I’m breaking down.

Stop showing weakness.

Please stop.

Please stop....

I sat there for hours. I watched the sun bid her farewell to her beloved Earth, falling slowly under the horizon. The wind blew through the leaves, echoing a gentle kiss that softly caressed my cheek. I never knew the true forms of the world were so intricate. Everything became surreal, like a dream who whispered peace into my ear. Minutes passed by like years, the slowness of the day overwhelming...

I sit out the porch enjoying the ocean,

The salt air I’ll leave behind.

I feel the same air in which keeps me alive,

Killing me.

Out I’ll be,

by the mountains, and change of scenery.

The same breeze for which I enjoy,

Chokes me.

By the grasp of a second,

Memories turns into sadness,

Sadness turns into spiraling thoughts;

And while time had never passed so slowly,

My heartbeat has never rac...

When three people disappear

during one little season,

sometimes you’d expect

there to be a good reason.

But, no. Gone like the wind,

not enough time for an introduction.

Battled a war, fought valiantly,

they became their own destruction.

One with an infiltrator,

one lost in her mind,

and one who got away.

They were all very blind.

Summer was the war

nobody ever expected.

While the bodies laid b...