What is love?

It stopped hurtingwhen I put myself first.Love makes you do crazy things. It makes you vulnerable just as it makes you strong. Sometimes it makes you put yourself last and that is one of the biggest mistakes you can make. When you forget yourself just to remember someone else!Scientifically speaking when you're in love, your …

Daughter of a New York Taxi driver

My dad has been driving a yellow cab around NYC for the past twenty-five years. The yellow vehicle has become his second home; even though it’s a color I despise. He came to the US when he was twenty years old with approximately 100 dollars in his pocket. He has his own James Bond story, …

Anxiety is a joke

Anxiety is a joke. If there is one thing, I hate talking about the most in this world that’s anxiety. Talking about anxiety gives me anxiety. Sometimes it bubbles inside and morphs into depression. Both are equally terrifying. I’d rather stare at a wall for hours then tell someone what’s going on in my head. …

Losing the ability to feel

I don't feel hopeless. But neither do I feel hopeful. I feel nothing at all. And I don’t know what to do. I think the worst moments in life are when you feel completely numb. When your brain just shuts off to everything, including pain. Pain is good, because at least with pain you feel …

Anger

I thought you were healedbut I didn't know I was wrongthis strength I saw in youwasn't because you were strongit was because you were trying to mend yourselfinto the person you wanted to bebut you leaned on anger and we failed to seethat the cure you were searching forwas nothing but a poisonous fruitthat it …