for Chance
Dear Mom, I went back to school last month I learned a lot in orientation tra… About leadership and inclusivity a… I made a lot of new friends—real f…
Everything now is going wrong. You can’t seem to find yourself. Where do you sit now but the corne… Weeping to the eerie silence Thinking to yourself dreadful thou…
Dear Mom, It’s almost my twentieth birthday. My first one without you, and I h… For my birthday I’m getting a tat… A little reminder of you—don’t tel…
Look at the bright side Find the patterns in the world aro… Watch how the people behave Pay close attention Look at the bright side
I drew those words In big bubble letters. Over and over again I traced them with my pencil Then again, with my lips.
What am I supposed to feel When you walk out like this? You expect me to fight against you To get you to stay here. But you don’t understand.
The silence is deafening; It’s louder than any words. This quiet causes more pain Than a verbal “Fuck you”ever coul… I thought we were okay,
Remember what you told me Remember where we were When you said we’d never part. Can you even see what you’re doing By throwing us out like this?
Where did you go? Have you left me here alone? I turn. “Hello?” My voice echoes in the silence A tear hits my cheek
I know that I'm not the prettiest… Or the smartest, or probably the n… Maybe we're not perfect, or "meant… But that shouldn't matter Because perfect and "meant to be"…
I loved, I broke, I loved, I got… And I thought there had to be som… I thought I wouldn’t trust, would… I learned that it takes the right… With a patient care and a kind hea…
I did a bad thing Hurt you more than I ever thought… You wrote me all those letters Proclaiming the sadness you felt And I didn’t feel anything.
You see, I didn’t have feelings f… I wanted us to just be friends And then you kissed me and somehow It made me even more sure that it… I just wanted to be on my own
What am I? Am I really your friend like you’ve told me over and over? Or am I just a space-filler? Somebody you talk to when She isn…
Please tell me that you love me, That I’m most important to you, That we can get through this. Tell me that you want me, through Whatever we have to work through