My Stories

  To know thy heart, you must look within. If the color is dark, it is full of sin. A heart of gold is giving and pure, but oversharing is a sickness, not a cure. The only heart that reigns above, is the heart that knows, unconditional love.

         Lilia and her mother were sitting in a canoe, paddling down a narrow creek that was lined on either side by enormous rock walls towering high up above the sky. Nothing could be seen at the top except for a narrow strip of clear blue sky. Not a single cloud was hanging out up there. Not a single bird flew by. Her mother was giving her a lecture, some life lesson, and as much as she tried to listen her mind would just keep wandering away.       "It's okay if boys don't like you, you know?" her mother's voice faded out again as Lilia's focus shifted back to the sky. She was drawn upward for some reason, never looking into the water once. "No one cares if you're popular once you grow up, there's no popularity contests in the real world." Lilia brought her gaze back down to her mother. She was smiling, she looked happy. She looked beautiful in that moment too. Lilia briefly wondered why her mother had decided to wear bright red lipstick o...

         "Riiiiing" the school bell went off signaling the end of the day. Ruda jumped out of her chair and began to hurriedly stuff her belongings into her backpack. She paid no attention to the other students as they trickled out into the hall. She was excited because today she did not have to ride the bus home as her mother was coming to pick her up. Ruda hated riding home on the packed bus as some of the other kids could be extremely rowdy after school and she was a small girl, not very tall yet as she was only ten years old, but her tiny frame made her look even smaller. She was easy to push around in a crowd. Her short black hair only came down to her chin and her bangs hung in her eyes, which she used to cover them whenever she didn't want to look at someone.        She brushed her bangs out of her face now as she slid her last book into her backpack, zipped it up, and slipped it around her shoulders onto her back. Then she exited the ...

I go in solitude to reach the farthest corners of my mind Searching for answers that I can only hope to find I use up all my strength to fight my shadow side In attempt to rid the darkness in exchange for peace and light This war between my mind and soul will surely change my life Why is it so hard to do, what I know is right?