Essays, stories, & aimless musings
Life as a beautiful girl I used to use my beauty to my advantage. Just sensing someone found me attractive was all it took to make me feel attractive. I put very little effort in; I just had attention on me effortlessly. That may sound like bragging, until you find out I'm an introvert. Like,…
“Does Wizkid speak French?” “Does Wizkid speak French?” I asked my husband at 7:18 am on a sunny, Saturday morning. He was working night shift at the time, and was just coming to bed. Me, on the other hand, had been in dreamland, pondering the seemingly meaningless scenarios that came up in my subconscious.…
The Wolves There are these two young women. And both are very interesting, very appealing; you can't decide between the two. You go out with one, and you love it, but you go out with the other and love it that much more. But, for some reason, the first one keeps coming…
Just one more day Have you ever wished you could be with someone just one more day? One more ordinary trip to the place you went dozens of times. One more night listening to the music you both liked, laughing about the same thing over and over. A beloved family member or a childhood…
The life I’m living One thing about living multiple lives in one lifetime is it takes a level of discipline. In order to live each experience to its fullest, it would be wise not to mix them. Once you decide on how you want to live, stick to it and live it. For example,…
Vices I think anyone who has ever transitioned from one point of life to another or been in a place of uncertainty has felt what I'm feeling. Where you are excited to do something new with your life, and you know it's coming soon. But you don't know what it is…
Simply To Go Simply To Go is an assignment I wrote for my English 110 class. The paper was titled "composed sensory monologue", and was an exercise in conveying sensory imagery through creative writing. We were instructed to take a person, place or object; observe them; and convert it into a visual and…