Teen Ink

Your butchering words In the beginning Went through my head As a child who listens To every word you say Your constant sarcasm Your words which I thought were the truth The never giving...

i asked my father if i could swim, and he said that i would drown. The Sea would imprison me – he said if my feet had left the ground. So i walked out to the water, and cried out – how...

All the childrenrode their 3-speedsto the street corner.Gathering, they tested their shadows,making picturesof their futureon the grass,each kid trying to outdothe others.Then shadows...