Travis is one of those guys who's a total catch, and he knows it too. Easy on the eyes, cocky in the most charming way possible, and has a way of making everyone feel special. Girls yearn for him, guys aspire to be him. Everyone wants a piece of Travis in their life, and we all want to be wanted by him ( Read more... )

My mother gets weaker with every passing day. She lashes out in anger because that's easier to do than acknowledge how scared she is. I keep myself calm and collected in her presence because if I don't who will? I let myself cry when I'm alone because I'm scared too. Scared of a life without my mother ( Read more... )

"I'm leaving work early today," Mike said. "To go to my father's funeral." I had already heard his father had passed, but I never brought it up. Mostly because I knew if my father died I wouldn't want to talk about it. "...I'm very sorry for your loss." I said, because I didn't know what else to say. "It's okay." He replied. "...No, it's really not ( Read more... )

Last night when I was walking through a neighborhood in the suburbs, three twelve-year-old boys were messing around outside. They kept mumbling the words, "ask her!" and the others would reply, "no, you ask her!" and they were nudging each other towards me. I turned to them and told them whatever it was, they shouldn't be embarrassed to ask. But ( Read more... )

Dancing barefoot,
Through the streets of the city,
Another layer,
On my cake of good cheer,
I welcome the stares,
Letting others have a taste of my glee,
And help a stranger find his way home,
He's lucky for once that I actually know,
For I let go of my map in the wind long ago,
But am often requested of direction,
Because joy gives the illusion,
That you ( Read more... )

Sometimes I'm not really here.

My body goes through the motions, but I am in another place. I watch people's lips move, I hear noises curl into the space between us, but I can't pick out the words. I speak thoughts out loud that I don't recall ever thinking. I smell things no one else can smell. I feel tingling pricks on my skin from an unseen ( Read more... )