Who Am I.

Every day, it’s in the back of my mind. I’m a burden. No one wants to be around me. I’m an obligation for them. A burden. Always a burden. Never good enough. Whatever I do, I’ll never be good enough. Never be smart enough. Pretty enough. Accomplished enough. Ambitious enough. Athletic enough. Interesting enough. Funny […]

I’m Not Sure I Matter

I look at the moon tonight, and I see this strange, close proximity to our planet, and I feel the vastness of this earth and of this universe. I’m suddenly pulled back in time and reminded of the other times I’ve felt this way. But it wasn’t by looking at the stars. It was looking […]

Blame

“It’s all your fault. If you hadn’t…this wouldn’t have happened to you. Your parents warned you, you really can’t trust anyone. Stop getting yourself in these situations. Stop thinking that maybe there are good people – maybe you can trust someone. Stop believing in the world. Stop giving yourself hope. Stop setting yourself up for […]

What’s Left?

If you’ve ever caught a glimpse of what I used to write when I was in high school, then you know how incredibly bleak it was. And you’ll know how incredibly difficult it was for me to trust people. I could blame that on so many things: parents who never let me out of the […]