The day that began as one of the most promising for Shauna Case, a curvaceous, bow-legged teenager, turned out to be a nightmare for her. Today while heading to the library, Peter Poole a local bully who didn’t have a future pulled her into a nearby abandoned building at gunpoint. …

THE PERVERT ON THE BUS Since I lived off-campus I thought that I would come in a day earlier, as I was going to hang out with some friends in Papine at the UWI Mona campus. I had to commute by bus because I was having car trouble. …

LOVE OR ADULTERY? And he knows he can’t possess me, and he knows he never will There’s just this empty place inside of me that only he can fill Torn between two lovers, feeling like a fool Loving both of you is breaking all the rules I never personally knew…

My Confession Based on A Text Message You just said that, right? I text back. A long pause ensued, as I wait for him to answer. Right? I text again urging him to respond. Hmm, that’s correct, he responded. You don’t have to confirm or deny anything, he hastily continued. …

“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” — Yoda — I remember getting a bad vibe from Ra’Quan and his cousin Jon’tae when we walked home one evening. As we got to a secluded area on the walk Jon’tae suddenly pulled me toward the bushes and groped me, then brandished a gun. “Just give us what we want,” they demanded. …

MENTAL ILLNESS IS EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS. — Matthew 25:40 (King James Version) — And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. It is time we accept the fact that mental illness is everybody’s business. Mark Escoffery was someone destined for something before he became no one to the world. I am resolute of the opinion that he can still become someone again even in the minutest of ways.

Jaded by everyday moments that go drifting through my head you can’t handle so much stress can’t you see your world is a mess? then I just knew that everything inside of me is broken and all slowly becomes a silent rage. My outward silence coaxes me and absent smiles…

Mental Health. — “Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all. “ _____Bill Clinton, 1999 I met Angella Gardener when I was reassigned to the 10th floor of the Psychiatric ward at Cornwall Regional Hospital in 2014. As soon as I exited the elevator, I was given the okay to proceed to the unit by the security guard assigned there. I was met at the…