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“The best part about sunrises”
The best part about sunrises:the anticipation of the sun’s arrival over the horizon as it begins to pink the sky and illuminate the darkness. The waiting is the best part. That half-asleep dreamlike state as you wait and feel the breeze kiss your face. When that orange brilliance suddenly cuts though the earth and sky, […]
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Cherries: A Poem
cherry-stained finger tips and silent lips ribs cracking as my heart leaves my chestthis mind of mine wont allow me rest eyes locked behind the glasshow I long for this feeling to last breath quickens as we exchange a glanceit wasn’t long before I asked you for a dance
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Limbs: A Poem (Escapril #3)
The following is a part of a 30-day writing challenge, Escapril, started by author Savannah Brown. You used to be a part of me. Living in harmony with the rest of my body, you were as attached to me as I was to you. Diseased. Gangrenous. You threatened to spread your poison to my heart […]
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A Separation (Escapril #2)
The following is a part of a 30-day writing challenge Escapril started by author Savannah Brown. (TW: self-harm, loss, gore) They told me I shouldn’t feel a thing like somehow the ‘not feeling’ would make it easier. Fifteen minutes to make 2 halves of one whole. Precision. Speed. Efficient and painless they promised, as if […]
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So… What is next?
May 25th, 2021 It is a Sunday, May 9th 2021 to be exact, and I am sitting in an Olive Garden parking lot in the backseat of my little sister’s car watching a prerecorded graduation on my cell phone. The president of my university speaks first, welcoming everyone watching at home, congratulating us, the class […]
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Things I Wish I Knew Before Applying to Graduate School
April 9th, 2021 At the moment as I am finishing up my bachelor’s degree and starting to plan out when I want to go to graduate school, I am running into a lot of issues while I consider what programs I want to apply to. This is would be my second time applying to graduate […]
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Can you revive a dying dream?
April 5th, 2021 A few days ago I received a brochure in the mail from National Geographic. The unexpected surprise crammed into my tiny mailbox gave me a rush at first. The famous yellow rectangle framing a grizzly bear sitting in a field of dandelions on the cover, “Expeditions: Travel Catalog 2021-2022” it read. I […]
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Livi Laree 