Talk About It
Dawn breaks across the horizon and bleeds sunlight through my blinds. My house warms with the rising sun, fills with the smell of freshly brewed tea.
Safe
For a moment, I closed my eyes and inhaled the scent of wildflowers on a hot summer day, scattered around the edge of an expansive forest.
After Eating Six Marshmallows, I Realized I Was Gaining Weight
Yet the words spoken to me, the interactions with friends and the teasing about how I was a twig, it reminded me, day in and day out, that I could snap in half if I wasn’t careful.
A Dream Of Mary
I dreamt of St. Mary’s Academy again. The hallways twist inside my mind like a virus.