Hunched backs, heads down, this is what I see as I pass by those I do not know. From one class to the next, blurs of colour whiz by in a frenzy of activity, with a destination in mind and the journey ...Read More
How can one balance the desire for the yearning of companionship and the desire for solitude? How is it possible to be faced with the paradox of wanting the embrace of another’s soul, voice, ...Read More
Valedictorian Speech (June 29th, 2018) Good morning everyone. Thank you for taking time out of your day to celebrate this monumental moment in our young lives. My name is Aaron, I have been a s...Read More
In the stillness of night’s touch, concrete jungles become barren, empty, lonely. Where the whirring of motors and whizzing of passing cars leaves only silence in the dark of night. Mechanics co...Read More
This poem is a response to: Almost Feelings A flutter in the chest, a beat of the heart, a search for the eyes. Afraid of the misstep. Afraid of the first step. Tiptoe around the merry-go-round, wonde...Read More
Author’s Note: This fiction piece was inspired by my emulation piece of “Fairy Tale”, along with an emulation I made from an excerpt from The Glass Castle found here. As Shane Koy...Read More
Once upon a time, you and your kind were similar to mine, but somewhere down the line, things began to change. You became the kind who sought glory. Not the kind that seeks to help others off their ...Read More
Hope is a fickle thing. A master in the craft of deals, it leaves us thinking in extremes. To build a fortress or a crumbling castle, to be all in or fold, to make it all or nothing. Once invested in ...Read More
Ah The hustle and bustle of wanting so much, the early risers and late arrivers all convene in a shopping mall near you. Boxing Day is here. Walls of people ebb and flow, making it easy to drown in th...Read More
Author’s Note: This was a poem that I worked with a fellow student (K.M.), and we interviewed a man of an extensive history named Mr. Reynaldo V. He had immigrated from the Philippines, and rec...Read More