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Full-time second-year University student working on an engineering degree intended for a career in astronomy/astrobiology.

"All you need is love!"
~Beatles

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: A fallen world: 4 of 178
A Lonely Crowded Placea dead mothera broken childhooda drinking fathera touchy unclean empty bank accountanother torn hearta desperate need for helpno, these tears aren't for myselfthey're for the moments when everything stopsand you open your eyes to what goes onpeople dropping deadmalnutritioned children starvedteenagers wi... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Sensuality: 1 of 37
I see nothingBut I feelYour hands glide across my trembling thighsThen, open.AndI feel nothingBut I seeThe magnets forming in your eyesI hear your breathSlowLike a snake inching for the kissThen, quiet.AndI hear nothingBut I tasteThe desire flowing from your lipsFingers prowling over my whole bodyKisses floating on my cheeksT... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pure love: 1 of 31
*ignite*now we're flying through the windsand spinning through the treescrawling through the atmosphereand swimming through the seasnow we're dancing through the galaxiesand gliding through the wavestripping through eternityand diving into spacenow we're clinging to each otherheld on only by our heartshigh atop the roller coa... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: First love: 4 of 94
Childhood LoversI love how we can spend hoursTalking about life and philosophyAnd then just sit together in comfortableSilence for the next ten minutesI love how we can go from talkingAbout past relationships and what they meantTo finding the best pick-up linesIn knock-knock jokesI love how you can make me happyAs much as you... More..
Education > Education (Other) Essential back-to-school supplies: 2 of 38
Parents can't wait until they get the local store ad and see that familiar, big back-to-school sale. And you know what? Most likely, the students can't wait either. We may digress about school being hard and overwhelming sometimes but secretly, all us teens really want is to learn how to be organized enough to do well in clas... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Reflecting on your life: 28 of 195
When did sleeping together become a sexual term?Or having a drink qualify as a date?Why does the world gawk at barenessAnd compares being intimate to a "base?"Since when does a couple have to set a labelOr else be doomed to suffer rumors from peers?And why did playing chess togetherBe replaced by acting stupid and drinking be... More..
Relationships & Family > Couple Communication On saying ... 'I love you': 8 of 52
Love. What a terrifying concept. Deep down, everyone is desperate for love. On the surface, of course, it's a different story. If we were guaranteed to have someone love us back, it would be no problem; our hearts would always be open. It's the risk of not knowing if the love could be mutual is what makes us contract into our... More..
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace How to find solutions to war: 2 of 13

Many people look at the world and wonder why there is so much suffering. They feel sadness for the countless deaths that war and violence have caused and wish it could all be better. But one thing they probably don't feel? Guilt. Because the problem is on their shoulders as well. It lies on all of our shoulders'; it is a... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Tribute to my first love: 7 of 32
It's the first time in your life you have had a taste of heaven - the first time you fall in love. It's like all of your emotions are unleashed and you are on this incredible high, where everything is a fairy tale and you have such great [slightly naive] hope for the future. I think most people would agree that falling in lov... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Emotions: 93 of 294
I'm all set to goWith no baggageAnd no homeNothing hereBut the air I breatheAnd miles of wild flowersThat tower over meGrass envelopingLike a blanketReady to throw meOut into the windSo I can fly and find outWhy the sparrows swingAnd trees that whisperLike cirrus cloudsLifting me upThen dragging me downInto the earthThe rubbl... More..