The sun had barely begun to rise when Trudia arrived at the toll booth, the cold November air biting at her cheeks as she shuffled inside and settled into the small space she’d come to know so well. This was one of the last non-automated toll booths in the entire country. Once a common sight, now a relic like her, hanging on in a world that seemed, in her eyes at least, to be moving just a little ...

[NTP]

Shout words as jokes,

because you’re afraid to speak

and bring it to life as real.

You hide it, scared to fall weak.

You say everything

to disguise the terror.

“They can’t embarrass me;

trial-and-error.”

You can’t fall silent,

it’s an act of defeat.

‘Don’t be like that,

were you born on the street?’

Don’t talk too much.

Don’t talk too little.

Most words are jokes,

and we’re left in the ...

I can write about anything.

But not this.

There aren't enough words on the planet

Too much paralytics in my veins

Where do I even begin to explain?

I have about 10 drafts

One line in common

"something is wrong with me"

And that's as far as I get.

Every. Single. Time....

Everyday at precisely 10:00 am, Rue could be seen exiting the Grand Farmstand. With her head down, and newly aquired groceries, she hurried past the lavender fields and through the evening's orange rays. She was never distracted. Without a minute to loose, she arrived at the station and stepped into the train and plopped onto the nearest seat. As the train began to start, she reached for her book....

kind act 1

helps inspire kind act 2

which kind act three inspires kind act 1

gives a pencil to a child

child writes a card to stranger about his gift

stranger gives away pencils

Everyday at precisely 10:00 am, Rue could be seen exiting the Grand Farmstand. With her head down, and newly aquired groceries, she hurried past the lavender fields and through the evening's orange rays. She was never di...

1976

It started with a bus seat. I stood up for the pregnant woman that got on the full bus. She took the seat, and the man behind her shoved past her and forced me to the back of the bus.

He stood with his back to me, he was tall and wide and not a wall I was willing to fight my way over today. So I grabbed a handle, and let my hand be the only thing anchoring me to the bus.

My stop approac...

Leave me alone old bat. You don’t know what I’ve done. You don’t know what I’ve been through i am done. Don’t even bother to bother me, cuz I’ll fuck you up. I am distorted my brain is a prison...

Be kind

Rewind

You’ll find

Gold lined

Pay it forward

Not for a reward

Pray to your Lord

Keep walking toward

Then one day

Not much to say

Did things your way

We are here to stay...

“Let me help with that!” The woman said to the kid carrying the heavy piece of wood.

As the kid walked to school she saw her classmate picking up stones.

“Let me help with that” the girl said.

As the kid carried his stones into school he saw his teacher writing a math equation on the board but struggling to bend down low. “Let me help with that!”

The teacher is teaching the students math when ...

Seventeen-year-old Marigold Hernandez was biking home from her best friend Anna’s house when she heard a terrible “BOOM!” Seeing smoke, she pedaled as quickly as she could toward it. If there was something she could do, she wanted to help. Her heart was racing, but as she rounded the corner and turned onto the next block, it skipped a beat. _“That’s David’s house-“_

As she came closer, she could h...