23 Things I learned being 23.

The 23rd element in the periodic table is Vanadium, a malleable transition metal. Was this a transitional…

A Love Letter to Kim Kardashian

You changed everything for me

Love in the Age of Digital Communication

Why technology sometimes helps, sometimes hurts, and…

This Is What Loneliness Does to You

You moved to Italy a year ago. You’ve become fluent in Italian. You had to, really, nobody would…

Winging My Dad’s Celebration of Life

My father died suddenly.

The L-Word

What it is and what it is not.

A few months ago, on a chilly, perfect October night, my mother and I went to the…

RITUALS

We used to make love before we went to sleep. Our bodies would mingle, your leg draped across my torso with my arm cradling your head. The…

Between Us: On Love & Distance

I’ve always been ill at ease with optical illusions, how our mind can trick the eyes and our eyes trip up…

Three Meaningful Moments in Love

Meaningful Moments We Share

Loving My Bully

This life holds epic moments for each of us, the kind that make you believe you are staring in a movie.

Is This Really Me?

Having an Outer Body Experience in Way That I Did Not Expect

Accidental Son

A Poem

Little kid with heart of gold — 
Smart, and barely 12 years old 
Broken heart, so I was told — 
His face in constant frown. 
His life was good until the date 
They sat him down and told him straight 
“Your Mum and Dad will separate”
And then his world came down.

Light in the Darkness

What will become of us?

Undone

Sometimes, 
When I don’t know what am I feeling
and I can’t reach the depths of a sunken thought,
I find the nearest stone of a metaphor to…

Let Me Hold You

A Poem

Let me just lay here and hold you

Bus Boy

A poem about a boy on a bus.

Wonderland of hope — Love

So I guess this is how it feels to be falling in love. The way it feels to be standing on the edge of a cliff. To…

A glass case

I am trying to remember you fondly.
When I had first met you I
constructed a glass case that
had your name engraved on it.

Music Starts Before You Play

Hope For Me Too

Julia Engelhardt

At midterm, when Hugh Clarkson had slipped in as the new Hainstown High art teacher…

The everlasting pain.

“No” she screamed with her cheeks blushing red and her eyes filled with sorrow. Before he could say anything she made…

Could I Be Your Calling?

You tell me I’m your anchor.
Could I be your wings?
The mender of your dreams?

An Empty Glass of Wine

Poem

Like a glass of half fill wine

Healing waters

The sky is a lilac dream
hung above a sea of green,
as deep blue waters cleanse to reach
the heart that goes unseen;
she lets me…

Frisson

A poem

My hand found your stomach

Freedom rings

freedom rings in deaf ears
it tolls to those unseen
on the fringes of society,
and with their own sheer will
they answer the call…

In The End

A Poem

‘In The End’ by Fọlábòmí Àmọ̀ó.