Play the game to win… but actually win
Pt.6 Vince and I didn’t talk much after our “encounter.” Unsure whether it was me or him who felt the shift, we went about texting like it was an unspoken…
Pt. 5 There are two times a girl transitions into a woman. The saying in my family goes, “When a girl is born, the father cries.” The tears are not…
Who Are You When You’re Not Pretending?
Who Are You When You’re Not Pretending? By: Taisja Harrell | 2024 Upholstered into the fabric of my mind,Woven into the depths of my being—Who am I when I am…
The Journey You Chose and the Abyss In Between
By: Taisja Harrell | 2024 Sometimes it means nothing — that person you meet. But what if, in the grand scheme of things, they were just part of your journey?…
Uncharted Death
Uncharted Death I sleep, you sleep, we sleep, we die Die with the living Live with the dying Celebrate with the dead Join in the laughter …
To Want No More
To Want No More I hold my breath lungs craving for air wishing for a sip Internal drumming Throbbing Beating Slamming External calm I WANT I NEED The thought…
Play the game to win… but actually win
Pt.4 It had been a weird day at school. You could always tell when gossip of the worst kind was brewing in school. When the buzz is about you, the…
Play the game to win… but actually win
Pt. 3 Fall came, and by this time, tensions arose at home. My grandmother, at this time, was now more than ever hell-bent on making my life hell. Being allowed…
Play the game to win… but actually win
Pt.2 A few days passed, and since I no longer had access to a computer, this made my plan a little tricky, but I kept hope alive. Another weekend had…
Play the game to win… but actually win
Pt.1 I can’t say that I intended to meet Seth, but he was a stray bullet. It was the summer of 2009 and I was on my way to becoming…