I’m good at pushing people away.

After all, I’m not that strong.

If I nudge someone and they leave, their feet were already moving....

You have such good grades!

I haven’t slept all week because of stress.

School must be so easy for you!

Sometimes I can’t get up in the morning.

Your friends must be jealous of you!

None of them really know me.

You’re always so calm and put together!

I had a panic attack last night.

Your parents must be so proud of you!

They are but I don’t think I deserve it.

You’re so mature for yo...

Ask me out

You bring flowers

Soulmates

You are nice

My friends are wrong

Soulmates

You love me

Head over heels

Soulmates

Just three months

Will you marry me

Soulmates

We’re married

Love like poison

Soulmates

Can’t get out

You keep me here

Soulmates

Years go by

Pain replaces love

Soulmates

Friends were right

You keep me trapped

Soulmates?...

The gun is heavy in my hands.

“We weren’t supposed to happen.” I force myself to say the words, even as they disolve bitterly on my tongue.

“You don’t mean that.” Cole’s eyes meet mine, desperate for me to revoke my words. I don’t.

“You have to see we are impossible,” I manage, hating myself for the pain I’m causing him. “You have to see this never would have worked.”

“What do you mean, ‘_this ne...

Just beyond consciousness lies a world in which you wish you would never leave. Your mind slips into this alternate reality, thankful for the sanctuary of peace it is allowed to rest in. It wanders, drifting through this calm that is so foreign in it’s natural state. The quiet is nice, but also strange, like you couldn’t hear if you wanted to. And it is this fact that reminds you; the drugs won’t ...

I promised my brother we would always be connected. No matter what. But the day we were separated, I couldn’t keep my promise. I screamed, begging the guards to keep us together. They didn’t listen to my pleas, though; they didn’t even seem to notice. They weren’t the slightest bit concerned, I realized, horrified. They were gleeful. The thrill of separating siblings, of tearing lives apart, was...