"...crumbled under shower-heat- can anything be worth this? Worth pendulum-strokes, sorrow-joy, and feeling so damn worthless?..."

Trigger Warning: Gun violence, self-harm, blood

"he will always remind her she is beautiful..she will ignore him, take him for granted, fail to tell him she loves him..."

Three stunning poems by Aaryana Sharma : Starry Nights, Ikigai, & Mirror reality

"Dear little POC girls, I have to start this letter off by saying that you are going to have some weird experiences growing up..."

"...So if you are ever considering going on a stage, and you feel nervous, just let your material consume you. Your body will follow..."

"There was once a woman, Standing by the sea. She would glance over here and there, And then, she'd glance at me.."

"Six A.M. The sweat was already making its way down your nose and forehead. Your feet: exhausted. Your ankles: beat. Your shoulders: torn."

"They’re tricking me, telling me not to love my complexity."

"the world revolves around paper...we all dream of riches, the green tickets of misery and hope upon which we give our lives..."