love
All you need is Love, and Love is all you need.
How I Realized My Crush On a Grocery Clerk Really Meant All I Wanted Was To Love Myself
I was waiting at the cheese aisle while I was shopping with my mom, “wait here” she told me. I was looking at the cheeses when I looked up and this cute grocery clerk is walking right towards me. I still remember his warm smile and kind eyes. “Hey” that’s all it was, a simple “hey” and as I looked up and locked eyes with him it was an instant attraction.
By Vanessa Sanchez5 years ago in Humans
Love in the Time of Covid-19
I can convince myself of anything. A seasoned sales professional, I tell such a convincing tale, that, often, I can’t even keep myself from buying into my own (often false) narrative. And in the first few months of 2020, I was lost in an elaborate plot to start my whole life over, leaving the old one behind me for good.
By Meagan Rankin (M. L Rand) 5 years ago in Humans
I Hate Summer
When I’m watching a coming of age movie where the male protagonist gets his heart broken, I can’t help but feel insulted by the idea of a movie about heartbreak. The movie, (500) Days of Summer, immediately comes to mind when I’m thinking about this subject. Everyone goes through heartbreaks, but what makes their heartbreak so special that it deserves its own movie? Not only do I find the protagonist’s misery annoying, but I just don’t get what they see in what they believe is the perfect girl. She’s a bitch - just move on already! Just kidding. To be fair, I feel that each of our own story of heartbreak is so personal that its full significance is apparent only to ourselves. After all, even my own friends have been annoyed with me for being miserable after a breakup because they don’t understand why I can’t just move on. So maybe I’m no different from these heartbroken protagonists and my resentment of their story is misplaced. But why do these kinds of movies keep getting made? Is it really because the filmmaker arrogantly thinks his story of heartbreak is so important that it deserves to be told? If I were to give the filmmaker the benefit of the doubt, I would argue that the point of coming-of-age movies involving heartbreak is not to seek validation for their own personal story, but rather, it is an attempt by the creator of the movie, not just to entertain, but to help themselves, and the viewer, understand and come to terms with their own heartbreak.
By Ghostface Writer5 years ago in Humans
Child
You were so curious when you were young. Always wondering the true meaning behind the things happening around you as the world encourages you to pass through, admire, not say too much, and keep your head down. It was the 80’s. Spare the rod to spoil the child was probably encouraged on the cover of Parents Magazine. You were taught to be chaste and good as a girl. You were taught sin invited punishment. You were taught being a “good” woman was the most important virtue. But when you watched Pretty Woman, you thought she seemed amazing… and when your grandmother showed you Gone with the Wind, you loved Scarlett O’Hara. You hoped you could be a strong woman like her one day. For you did not even know it then, but an idea is already forming in your little mind that the subservience of the women around you is not natural. You didn’t ever want to be a Melanie like your mother.
By Lolita Libra5 years ago in Humans
Shattered Mosaics
When you shatter things, they don’t go back together the way they used to. The cracks and edges are misshaped. They can lock and slide back into place, held together by glue, sheer force, or the will to look whole again. From far away they may look good as new, but up close, if you look the right way you can see where it broke apart. You can see where the scars run deep inside its belly. You can see that just because it resembles something you’ve always had; it doesn’t mean by breaking and putting it back together you haven’t changed everything.
By Chealsea Adams5 years ago in Humans
The "REAWAKENING"
He is forty one years old. And, me? Well, I am a rose starting to fade. Or so I thought. There are heartfelt tears in my eyes, trying to write this little tale about feelings and the unexpected, thrilling, miraculous, unexpected, mind numbing, pulse throbbing, ecstasy awaiting and anticipated joy that I felt offering him an innocent embrace of consolation and friendship.
By Novel Allen5 years ago in Humans
