Romance

The world is burning around me. I can feel the prickles of heat on my skin, how it isn't touching me I don't understand. Ask anyone in my village and they would tell you I am nothing special. My [+]

Cate fell onto the bed in her new dorm, exhausted from her travels and unpacking. She'd imagined this moment for the past four years, and now that she was finally in it, she could only say that she [+]

No matter which direction Margo turned, she found fractured and distorted pieces of herself. When her eyes darted to the left, she caught a glimpse of strawberry blonde curls held in place by he [+]

Here I shall stand,
Underneath the blooming Wisteria.
Roots run deep through the Earth
As the pendulous racemes scatter their lavender petals.
On the Eve of the Spring Equinox [+]

As you stand on your stage, eating applause
with an eager smile, I wonder why I
allow myself to be so easily fooled by you,
a magician so obviously dressed in lies.
You keep me at you [+]

Laying next to each other in silence. My fingers directing her eyes to the burning sunset. He [+]

I never truly understood how the world worked and why things happened the way they did. I know it might sound cliché but when you think about it, it really is the truth. Why did we exist, and what [+]

I love brunch, it’s an excuse to sleep in and eat breakfast late. As a non-morning person, I feel bright eyed and ready for this meal. This will be the first time I meet my fiancé’s parents so [+]

Before my car spun out on the highway ice on the way to Chicago, slammed against the railing, and I found myself looking at the oncoming traffic of I-80—I used to spend a lot of time driving at [+]

As he keenly listened, her eyes filled with tears. A spontaneous embrace emerged. They shared nothing. Or, at least that’s what they thought. Not just the red bodily fluid nurturing thei [+]

She is quite pretty,
Shining brighter than New York city.
Her fair silhouette takes my breath away--relax
The breeze around her, smells like flower,
The only thing that gives me powe [+]

Eve stood on the balcony, recalling her first visit to State College. In 2017, she left the city she had lived for 18 years to study at Penn State. When Eve first came here, everything was new to [+]