How many times do you have to scream

for someone to finally hear you?...

If you looked at us you would think we’re just a bunch of animals. Ants maybe, due to the closeness of our bodies and the way we zig zag around each other where we need to go.

But in all chaos, there is calculation.

Street lights turn green at their predetermined time.

People walking when the white human pops up on the lit sign.

Fresh hot dogs just happen to be there when we get to the other si...

I throw my notebook on the conference table.

“That case was mine!” I practically grumble.

It’s not like me to throw a temper tantrum at work, but I’ve been an attorney for 9 years now and partner is just cases away, I can feel it.

“You just don’t have what I have.” Seth says with a smirk on his face.

“And what’s that, an STD?” I snark, feeling equally embarrassed and proud at my comeback.

I ...

I’m tired

forgiving

apologies

I had to beg for....

If wishes fell like rain,

Then certainly I am a storm.

I crash and break and give and take,

And find a way to transform

Into the person I want to be,

Not the one drowning concurrently

With the flashes of pain

And the rumbles of strength

I am one with the storm and the rain....

It only took one second.

I looked around frantically. I pushed the cart aside, started screaming her name, and pushed clothes to the side of the racks looking in every nook.

“Sarah! Sarah!”

A women who looked my age knew the look on my face.

“Did you tell the manager?” She asked.

“No, I just saw her a second ago.” I started to pant.

Now we’re both screaming her name and what feels like hours o...