The perfect relationship is a facade. Always. Even when you think you know exactly how the other person is feeling, there is always a secret. Sometimes, that secret is pain.
Reflective
Letter to Myself
This piece was written to myself, and is a reflection of the self-hatred that I often feel as a teenage girl. It also depicts the enveloping and consuming nature of my anxiety.
Last Drop on Her Green Eye
A fun camping night ended up as the worst night for all and last night for one.
Mother Nature
A mother should never suffer at the hands of her child, so what are we doing to our mother?
Adult Adolescent in Limbo
Shortly after their admittance to the NYU Langone hospital for what began as unexplained dizziness, Dom turns 18, and they are confronted by reality cloaked in black fur.
Collective Rising Internship Personal Statement
This piece expresses my aspirations to advocate for abortion/reproductive rights and how writing has been fundamental in social impact.
All Through the Words of a Song
I didn’t think anyone understood me… until I met someone who had been in the exact same place.
To Be Normal
Throughout my childhood, I noticed differences between my friends and myself—their experiences, senses of home, family structures. I desired normalcy, yet my culture, my family and I… we thrived in the differences.
Internal Storm
This poem explores the feeling of neglecting different parts of your personality to achieve a certain goal yet feeling incapable of doing so.
i hope your life Is filled with blessings
Based on the ending of a real friendship, this story is about what it means to let go of nostalgia.
all at once
a poem of aching candor narrating the varied, implicit forms of heartbreak.
Time to Let Go
A piece about letting go of an unhealthy friendship.
Sidewalk Skin
As I grow, my eczema has been a struggle for me. Throughout this piece I explore within myself to overcome this struggle.
Layers of Art & Me
Family expectations. Fear. Uncertainty. Some of the many negative thoughts that flow in a teenager’s mind. Cue art, a community, a tool, and a coping mechanism that changed a girl’s life.
The Art Kid Who Hated Art
A high school junior relearns their love of art.