Two thousand and eleven. This year went by so quickly. School, work, and family consumed me. I stuck with my decision to distance myself from everyone that wasn't truly there for me. I ended up with few people by my side and even though that might sound negative, it's not. I know who my friends are and I like that I count them on one hand. I'm ( Read more... )

My bedroom window is open and I hear the latest storm waging war with the world outside. So many things have happened, so many things have changed. But I am at peace. I feel as though I have reached a peak that signals some sort of formal graduation. Another starting point is waiting for me, sure. I can feel it. Though, right here, right now, I ( Read more... )

The nights I'm living now feel like the echoes of memories. I sleep my sorrows away during the sunlit hours and I wake as the light falls from the sky, and I feel refreshed. The darkness has always been moments of possibilities for me, my creativity straddles the hours from dusk to dawn. And even the fact that from an adult's point of view, I am ( Read more... )

"No se puede vivir con tanto veneno
No se puede dedicar el alma
A acumular intentos
Pesa más la rabia que el cemento"
_!& ShakiraI have no escape, no sanctuary, no safe place. The stress, the agony, and the hopelessness is all stored in my chest, day in and day out. It has nowhere to go, I let it fester and it goes stagnant and I can't breathe ( Read more... )

When my relationship with Danny ended, I felt like I had lost everything. Every aspect of my life was coming undone and I was struggling to keep the pieces together. And coming to the realization that he had finally slipped away, as well, broke me right down the middle. Silly me, I failed to accept that I had lost everything several upon several ( Read more... )