A "WRIGHT"ER'S LIFE

I’ve heard it said the great blue heron is a sign of good luck As if she didn’t earn every moment of stillness through a lifetime of...

noun; Russian; roughly translates to “sadness” "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most...

I wrote three lines last night when I woke up choking on my terror again again again The way I wake up every night, mid scream and have...

Toward the burning sun, higher than they’d advise is wise, I fly. Caution, they say, not too high, you’ll only ever fall. But I only want...

I'm a wraith, floating through my life. I look in mirrors and can’t believe what I’m seeing. I haunt my own skin. My thoughts are real, I...

It took me years to realize what falling in love looked like I thought it was roses jewelry giggly dates and chocolate Lots of chocolate...

i'm seeing stars drowning in the ocean and rainbows tangled into nooses and burned out hope i'm seeing wishes floating away and never...

Sometimes I pray to God like if I don’t I’m going to die. My lungs will cease to breathe, my heart will fail to beat, my skeleton will...

I know you’ll live. Despite the agony of him leaving. Despite the cut of his words. I know those things made you feel like you were...

There’s a spot on the wall of my childhood bedroom. It’s not visible, but every time I passed it I could see you holding my sister there...

I knew a man who lost his mind over swing sets and drank like he was trying to drown himself. I knew a woman who broke into a smile...

Someone told me once I remind them of winter Beautiful but cold harsh dark Breathing me in froze their lungs My skin made their...

I send my writing to a boy who’s better at playing at being anyone else than he actually is at being himself. I’ve done it for years. I...

My life has always been half looking down the barrel of the gun and waiting ​for the spark and half staring through the eye of the noose...