What the body needs The body is a revealing thing. In the middle of workdays, I tell myself I feel great, that I feel energized enough to complete the assignment in front of me. My body says otherwise. …

Who am I? There’s this claim that’s been going on about me, that I am fairly emotionless, that I present some stoic or 1-dimensional personality when I’m around people. And to a certain degree, I can understand it. I emote when I’m happy but besides that, I don’t really express…

Unedited midnight thoughts Every time that I come back home to San Diego, I fear not making the most of my time with my family. We used to all live together, my little nuclear family, and we waged war together against all the injustices life brought our way. Ever since…

An ode to familiar times I write this piece sitting in my kitchen somewhere in the obscure land of Chicago, Illinois. I’m 23 years old going on 24 in just about 2 months. Each new year used to bring excitement, possibilities. Now it brings something else: fear, anxiety, a general…

Just a Friday Night Oh, I really never meant to let this get out of hand. We were just three dudes standing in the middle of Penn Station in NYC, sometime around midnight. …

Some times you have to push yourself to feel something I can’t breathe I’ve been running for 2 miles and I really can’t breathe right now I’ve only recently taken up running again. About two weeks in. …

A-One Night Kind of Thing She sat across the room, staring into her phone. Or was she just staring at her hand? Or the table? You can never tell at these joints, the lights are always so dim. But anyway, she’s sitting across the room, on a stool that wasn’t…

A Daily Conflict *Alarm rings* 9:15 AM Shit I gotta get up I got some things to do today. I’m kind of excited to get to work, I’ve been super busy all week and finally have some time to do the things I wanna do today. I finally have the…