The days are long but the years fly by - Haley Lauren. 2015 is coming to an end. I turned 25 years old this year (full adult). Yet I still feel like I'm lost and unsure of my direction in life. There are still so many things my younger self promised to do but never …
I never met you before, but I looked at you through the glass several times a year. You had eyes like the sky at twelve o'clock and a smile that could light up this whole town. I never met you before, but I could tell by the way your shoulders were strong and your back …
Is all we seem but a dream within a dream? I wake, shivering with sweat. The sun has not risen yet and the night is still. It’s raining outside and I look to my window. The rain is upside down in this world in the sky, in the clouds, in the trees. They're not trees, …
It burns. And I shower to make it stop but all I can think about is the touch of his skin against mine. Why, why, why does my body ache under the weight of the water? Will I ever feel clean again, the fragile hair on my arm sticks up against the cool night air …
Out with the old and in with the new! 1. Make a list of things to do (I can check that off the list) 2. Stare at the list hoping it will do itself. 3. Don't do anything on the list and watch Netflix instead. 4. Make a new list because the old list is …
People only want to know the glory of the man standing on top of the mountain. Â They want to see the hero, make up the story in their heads and ignore the truth. Â We all want to believe in the hero. Â We need to believe that he exists; believe that what we are striving for …
I used to know this girl. Who gave her love away. To every guy she met. And with all the games they played. She never seemed to cry. She never got upset. And one by one they came. And one by one they left. I thought that I could fix her. If she would let …
The things they remember to forget to tell you. Let's be honest to our 10 year old selves here when we read "growing up is exciting." Because it is exciting, the excitement of complete freedom and control over your own life and happiness. But as your growing up the teachings that are placed upon us …
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Recently I watched the dark comedy Birdman and was blown away with some of the messages entwined into the script writing. As a writer you strive to move your audience and make them feel something, anything. There was a particular scene between Michael Keaton and Emma Stone that stayed with me long after the movie …
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