• Comfortable

    I wanted to be comfortable   In my own skin  I wanted to love myself  As much as you love me.  I wanted to look like her  But she was impossible to replicate. 

  • Gloomy

    The day broke as gloomy as I felt.  I had known dawn was coming and was hoping to sleep through it, but here I was, wide awake.  There was nothing to do but get up and face the day.  A day sure to be full of tears and apologies, but no space for how I really felt.  My father was gone and…

  • A New Day

    “Start a new day.  Start a new day.  Start a new day.”  I repeated my mantra as I headed toward the front door of my apartment.  Leaving the apartment was difficult, but since I had started facing my fears and repeating my mantra, things had started to get slightly easier.  I had never been alone before and wasn’t entirely sure…

  • Feedback

    “Do you have any feedback for me?”  My boss asked, crossing his arms.  I had been preparing myself for this question because I knew the feedback I really had was feedback he didn’t want to hear.  How can you nicely tell your boss he is completely incapable of doing his job?  Especially when he has already been…

  • Obey

    “I will obey your every command.”  I almost gagged as I read the letter my roommate was writing to her boyfriend.  I knew I shouldn’t be reading her letter, but I couldn’t help it.  I had to know what was going on between the two of them.  I had suspicions things weren’t going well and this letter was…

  • Blackmail

    “Are you blackmailing me?  I really can’t believe you.”  Bryant slammed his library books down onto the table.  He kept slamming and muttering even as the other library patrons threw him dirty looks for making the slightest bit of noise.  “I know what I saw and I know it was you.”  I slowly got up and followed him out the side door of…

  • Mama Bear

    “I went into Mama Bear mode,” I wrote in my letter.  “I just couldn’t help myself.”   When I heard the floor creaking in the hallway, I quickly folded up my letter and tucked it into my purse.  If my husband saw a crumpled piece of paper, I knew he would start asking questions.  I always thought I was…

  • Real

    Life was almost real  You disappeared from my soul  Never to return  When you left me, I  thought about jumping off the  ship.  But I stayed for  Hoping you would find  me once again.  But I should  have known better.  You   were mine only for   a minute.  I wanted to  love you forever.  Forever a farce.  I wanted to believe…

  • All-American

    “You know what that is, right?  You know it is important we get back that information.”  The principal held up the exam and waited.  “Someone has stolen the answer sheet for this exam.  I will wait however long it takes.”  Dr. Zachary sat back down behind the desk.  He glanced around the room and when nobody made a…

  • Disoriented

    “I was totally disoriented,” I told the police officer.  “I really don’t know where I was last night.  The first thing I remembered was walking down the sidewalk toward the school.”  “Do you remember anything else?  Who you were with?  Anything after you left your friends at the bar?”  I stared straight ahead and tried…