He managed to get his hands on that journal of hers, the one she gave to him for safe keeping when she thought her parents would find it.

She forgot to ask for it back before the accident happened. And now it was too late and she was gone.

The tears trickled down his cheeks as he read each and every page of her diary. He could hear her voice read aloud the words inscribed on each page.

She h...

Sophie watched as the clock raced against time. She waited and hoped that recess would come soon.

She looked out the window, her mind wandering as she spotted children running across the playground. She wished she was out there with them. Suddenly, it seemed as if the window to the classroom had shifted.

Sophie found herself in a big aquarium with fish swimming around. She laughed so...

The chains on the swing clicked and screeched while I moved up and down, my hair flowed smoothly against the summer breeze.

I laughed while I kicked my legs up, flying and feeling myself drop again, all while peering up at the clouds wondering if I could fall into the skies.

I came to a halt and noticed a teenage couple laying in the grass. The girl had her head upon her boyfriend’s chest as sh...

The world turned upside down

My feet find the ceiling as the ground.

Classmates from years ago,

Enter my head while blood ebbs and flows.

I was always curious where’d they go.

Perhaps they’d become famous like David Bowie or Billy Joel.

But then I remembered that night

How they never treated me right.

Perhaps it was arrogance or pride,

That kept me from seeing their side.

Either way...

November 5, 2022

Dear Diary,

I’ve always felt like an outside observer.

I don’t usually mind, but today, I felt really invisible.

I went into class today and decided that perhaps I don’t fit in after all… I couldn’t find any friends from high school and somehow the teachers didn’t even notice me.

I should be used to it, but I’m not.

Update you later,

Emma.

November 20, 2022

Dear Diary...

She had left him on read.

The white light of the phone shined across his perplexed features. Night had spilled into his bedroom through the open window.

He could feel the chill from the autumn breeze, reminding him of his singleness and empty bed.

He had school tomorrow, but stayed up waiting… hoping that she’d respond.

Like a fool, he didn’t bother rereading his long paragraph o...

Miss Virgil stopped, the light shined upon her face, causing her sparkling blue eyes to appear like enchanting lavender flowers.

“Does anybody want to share the speech that they wrote?”

For a moment, nobody raised their hand. She paused for a second, waiting, reaching towards an answer.

She had been a teacher for eight years. She had been asking the same questions over and over, but not a si...