I hold a belief: faith in my capabilities and self-worth, a deep-seated trust in my skills which empowers me, inspires me to persevere, gives me the strength to overcome the challenges of the day, motivates me to keep pressing onward, to strive toward my goals and write toward my future even though I fail, even ...

I walk through a room that leads to another. The loop continues room by room until I am lost. The rooms stretch endlessly, each one different from the last, or maybe identical to the one before it. Some are empty; others are filled with spiraling staircases- Optical illusions that strain my eyes and leave me ...

I am trapped in this mind. I am at war. Pushing against every thought- my only weapon my pen.   I am at war, locked in battle with myself. My only weapon my pen, the victory my story.   I am locked in battle with myself, and it is so hard to win. But this ...

We all have our dream getaway. Our desired safe space where stress and fear are completely invisible, leaving only peace and comfort remaining. Mine lies among the outskirts of the woods, far away from the city and pollution that most New Yorkers are all too familiar with. I dream of a wooden cabin resting on ...

yearly renewals are meant to renewencouraging the shedding of the oldand allowing the energy of the newrevealing the future old thoughts sometimes lingerforging their way through sinew and bone tucked away in the darker recesses of the mindhiding until they are ready to strikeexpecting to create a bit of chaos doubt filling with each breathreleasing ...

We skate on icy rainbowsthat shimmer between puffy cloudssliding along the blades of golden rayscareful of the jagged shards. Puffs of foggy shouts crystallizeas we fall into softblankets of sky snowready to soften the blow. We play tag with shooting starsand Double Dutch withthe Constellations,our laughter rings through the Milky Way. Then along comes Nightsweeping ...

Sunset The red sky said Not yet TwilightThe bright moon winksStage right Nightfall The stars espiedMasked ball

danger thrives in all of usfeeding on our very desireresistance is futiledeath is inevitable rainbows show us the wayour dreams collide when we waketime is our only frienddays go by life fades in and outour emotions make us hollow and numbchances are better left untakenfear our only ally days go byas we drift through timetaking ...