My sister and I grew up in a small home with very little to our name. Our parents were always very busy, and never really around. But the rare occasion that my sister and I saw either of our parents was never good.

“You both would be better off dead,” my dad always tells us.

“I wish I never had you,” my mom gripes.

My sister and I, after a long life of being told that we weren’t worth it, de...

“Local university student found dead in his apartment.”

I close the newspaper and sigh. “This is so embarrassing. How could I have let this happen to me?”I take the last sip of coffee from my mug and make my way up to my bedroom.

I was so excited about going to a concert with my friends this Friday, but this dead thing messed up our plans. “I was so excited too,” I say while crouching down to ...

I lay on the bathroom floor

blood pooled all around me

I left a note

for none to find

no one will care

no one will grieve

I’ll still be all alone

when I am dead.

The light grows dim

and my vision is blurry

this is it for me

the moment I’ve been waiting for

all goes dark

except for the blue butterfly

ready to take me to my next place...

A butterfly may flutter by your eye

and for a brief moment,

her beauty will light up your world

her laughter will echo across the stars

she will become your world

but then she will fly away

her beauty will fade from your memory

her laughter will turn to tears

her absence will dim the stars

and leave a hole in your heart....

I’ll never forget this terrible night. Its cold and the snow is creeping up my ankles like a snake ready to strike. My body shivers in the cold while I come face-to-face with my consequences. Of course other people had to be involved in my choices. I never really meant for anyone else to get hurt, but of course like everything else in my life, something went terribly wrong.

I faced up to a ...