High School

Soon to be in the seventh grade, in July, nineteen fifty-seven;
I became a mature twelve year old,...

I am afraid of guns.
More specifically being shot and killed by one.
This was not a fear I...

I am the person staring at the fork on the road
I am the person to choose a path, between coding and...

There are no words.

There are no words when tragedy like this strikes.

There are only those...

will these knightmares never end
am i going round the bend
is every on everyone laughing at...

1.you'll use algebra when you're older, maybe even in the grocery store. i hear the quadratic equation and...

I was happy to hear your voice,
Thank you for calling,
But that’ll be the last.
...

Sometimes I feel lonely in this room
It feels peaceful without the noise
Most of the day it’...

In the morning lets have breakfast
I'll make porridge she said
I thought she knew how to!...

Sorry for being late (7:55am) today even though you were early (8:01am).
Your driving isn't like...

Her smile hides it all
The confidence radiates and warms all within its sphere
...

I’m an addictive substance,
not a creator of bone blueprints.
Nor do I form the metaphorical-...

For all of you that think I live the perfect life with the perfect relationship and the finest things.. you...

It was my first year
teaching in NYC
in 1999.

In the middle of the year,
a...

Thinking of you when I'm alone I think of what we could be,
I like dreaming but if your not...

"OH MY GOSH WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ARM?"
I could feel the sea of necks turn as if each of them were...