Teen Ink

Nothing takes the blue out of the sky or the shine out of the sun or the caress out of the breeze like good old-fashioned unrequited love.

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...

     A churning mind knew no deep breathUntil a panging heart knocked on its doorThe busy mind recognized The eager heart’s sincerity As some form of intrusionAnd...