And as long as men are swayed by their hearts and stomachs and not their heads the Chief Nangas of this world will continue to…

Change is constant, so they say. I’ve been taught to expect change and to evolve as a person, but there are some changes in my…

“I will kill you today!” He yelled after administering another slap on my face and moved to lock the door. I wondered what must have…

Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow STANZA I As I write this, I…

For the first time since I was folded in my sleep, I noticed dawn smelled of burning wood. Flipping myself like a turtle’s shell on…

I talk to myself a lot. My parents find it strange when they walk in on me, but we always end up having a good…

Life was a big circus to me. Everything was still beginning. You know that phase in your life when you had not a teeny-weeny care…

Click! That’s the last sound I hear before the world goes dark. I’m crouched beside my fallen mother. My father towers above us like bent…