The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it football.
You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.
What do I want?The answer to that question does not exist.
My good sense bitch slapped my estrogen and told her to get a grip.
I stand on the edge of a cliff, wondering if I'm going to fall or jump.
Nothing is perfect. Flaws are interesting. Be the tree.
I open a paperclip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this. A whimper, a peep? I draw little window cracks of blood, etchi...
Precalculus was taught in dog whistle, a pitch too high to hear.
Sometimes I think high school is one long hazing activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become and adult. I hope it's worth it.
She’s packing at least five grand worth of orthodontia, but has great shoes.
The good soldier swears to kill. Fire the cannon, mount the barricade, lock and load. Smell your brother's blood on your shirt. Wipe your sister's brains off your face. Die, if you have to, so they'll...
The smoke shifted direction and I breathed in. Breathed out. On the inhale I was angry. On the exhale…there it was again. Fear. The fear made me angry and the anger made me afraid and I wasn’t sure wh...
I sniff again and wipe my eyes on my arm. The bruises are vivid, but they will fade.
Thanksgiving was in trouble. It needed…A SUPERHERO!No, not that kind.Thanksgiving needed a superhero, someone bold and brave and stubborn and smart.Thanksgiving needed Sarah Hale.Now, I know what you...
I pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me...
Looking out the window, I wondered how many of those kids had parents who were losing it, or parents who were gone, taken off without a forwarding address, or parents who had buried themselves alive,...
He doesn't see my breasts or my waist or my hips. He only sees the nightmare.
This camp is a forge for the army; it's testing our mettle. Instead of heat and hammer, our trials are cold and hunger. Question is, what are we made of?
I smile and play pretend through the Morning Show in the kitchen.
You're the one who doesn't understand, I've been standing on the edge with you for years.
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