this piece was another short story I wrote for my CRW3111 class. it was actually based on true events, I just added a few white lies here and there to make it into a fiction piece.

( buffalo )

this piece was a short story I wrote for my creative writing 3111 class this past year at college titled "Injuries"

( topeka )

the premise of this piece was to take characters from the book "a home at the end of the world" and put them ten years into their futures, after only reading the first chapter of the book. this is my interpretation of that assignment.

( arizona. )

i wish you could realize how beautiful and perfect you are. you had nothing to prove to them. you are a princess and you are a goddess and you are the best friend i've had in a while. why did you do this to yourself?

i still love you, though. every time you fight, the scars are gonna heal, but they're never gonna go away.

oh and by the way ( Read more... )

"This is therapy ( Read more... )

FOREWARD ( Read more... )

I try to remember how I used to step outside myself when I was thirteen, and lay on the floor, and watch my wrists bleed and mix with the salt from my tears. I try to remember how I used to take a step back, and watch it all happen, hear the music playing but not really comprehend the lyrics or which part was the guitar and which part was the drums ( Read more... )

letters to a congressman ( Read more... )

dear mr. president,

what kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away?
and what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay?