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I'm a junior in college who is pursuing a major in English with a minor in Creative Writing. I have a son and a wonderful husband who supports my crazy idea to one day become a writer.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Darkness: 9 of 227
Escaping each breathThat rings from my earA legitimate desireOf singing leaps from my voiceThe vibrations make the snow meltMakes the flowers bloomChanges the seasonsLight filters through an open gapColliding the two worldsThe taste from the sunSweetens the tongue and raises spiritsAn emotional break through occursLight captu... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Prayer: 29 of 231
LifeForgivable light shines through the windowHE wants me to believe in himAnd forgive him for yesterdayFor the day that drowned my new found happinessFor the irreplaceable hope that has lost its wayI asked for help in unspeakable waysAnd got just what I asked forA life of happinessThat would die in an instantWhen my faith be... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Religion: 20 of 136
When asked about my faith I falterIt's not something I want to doI want to believe in youWant to give myself to youTo believe in the promises you madeBut that would mean I trust youThat I have faith in youIn something I can't seeWhen I try to explain thisI look crazy, insdane to doubt youThere are times that I can feel youI c... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Life: 22 of 127
Filling in the Blanks There is a wooden desk in the corner with some papers on it, but I am never really sure what they say. The room is a deep maroon with plush brown leather chairs strategically placed. It is my study. I walk away from the desk and look out the window. The outside has trees for miles. So much distance and l... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Eulogy to a father: 2 of 9
I write this sitting in the dark, not knowing what will happen next in my life. The man who has raised me for eighteen years has given up, not only on me, but on his family. His confused younger daughter sits in her room, the screen removed from the window, puffing cigarettes she's to young to have bought. His only son lays w... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: The need for love: 4 of 14
She watches her father walk awayOn a rainy SaturdayShe begs and pleads for him to stayBut he leaves anywayHer step dad acts like her saviourHer shelter from the rainBut soon she'll learn he's like everyone elseHe only adds to the pain,She cries,Who do you trust when no one's leftWho do you give a broken heartWhere do you run ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Emptiness: 60 of 200
Barely LivingDo you ever feel like you're barely living?Like you're only half alive?The rest of you feels numb to the worldScared to give itself up, in case the bottom falls outYou hide a piece of you awaySo you won't get hurt, or not as badYou're scared to put your whole heart into thingsWorried you may lose a part of it alo... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: The effects of love: 6 of 19
How does it happenThat in my lifeLove always comesWith pain and strifeI'm working my hardestTo make something lastBut the moment is overThe time has passedSince the last heart acheSince the first heart beatI've been praying to find somebodyWho'd love me for meSince the first smileTo the first blue tearI keep learning how to l... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Stars: 54 of 131
TwilightAt twilightThe stars touch the worldTheir light shiningAccomplishing the dreamsThat Earth has longed forI wish my dreamsWere next on my little stars listIt's not that simpleBut I wish for it every nightI want to feel the worldDrop from under my feetTo feel my heart fly like the windTo feel chained upside downLike Cass... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: True love: 22 of 52
The world felt numb as she sat in her chair staring at the piece of paper. The words blurred as she thought back on the recent conversation she'd had with him. He said he was sorry, yet she knew he said it because it was the first thing that had come to his mind. He wasn't truly sorry, just upset he got caught in an act of st... More..