How to Photograph Dreams
Rekindled beach fires.
The calm center of a storm.
Holding calloused hands in a park.
Getting drunk on city lights and distant stars.
Lovers exchanging haikus.

Did I ever believe I could have felt this excited?

Passing Notes to Burn After Reading
Like a screenplay written from a high school diary, I've somehow found myself ensnared by you again. A cat drowning in a sea of yarn. Flashbacks of our perfect night, getting drunk off our textbook chemistry. It isn't fair how simple it is to fall in love with you.

Black Box Mixtape
Dreams end abruptly, reality and stormy weather set up the difficult questions: Are you ready for this? Is this a good idea? Do you really know her? Can you really hope to be happy with her? What happens once the chemicals fade?

Sky Diving Lessons for Category 5 Hurricanes
The winds are blowing like crazy in this early spring storm and I'm high off of the altitude. She's still very much tethered safely in a comfortable relationship, while my hands are shaking-trying to keep my free fall under control. It is exhausting to keep my emotions in check, but for now I can stand to let my knuckles bleed white as I fall back to land. Towards the edge of the storm, things will be easier with a bit of time. Perhaps with a bit of patience I'll find my parachute to land me safe.

Mirrors
I had a dream that my dad died last and everyone knew it but me. This plot coming from a third person perspective of course. My nonchalant reaction is was creeped me out the most. I felt dazed and my body felt heavy, but no inkling to cry.

Patternless Wallpaper
The transition from summer to the start of fall semester has been a running start. Classes parties, work, and friends have completely absorbed every ounce of time that i have. I admit that my priorities have been a bit skewed. I want this year to be the one that encapsulates my youth as a college student. When i think back to my college years i want my thoughts to be flooded with memories and photos of a worry-less, spontaneous point in my life that encapsulated the beauty of being free.

The Fated Leaves of Fall
If i was 40, with kids, family, and a job, what would i wish i could've done when i was younger? I'll come back to that.

What do you wish you did when you were in high school?
I wish i had made more friends, talked to more people, and lived a lot more.
I wish i played less video games and watched less television.
Less time on the phone, more time talking to people in person.
I wish i wasn't so self-conscious and
I wished i didn't stress over classwork as much as i did.

So now i'm imagining i'm 40 and tied down somewhat with a job and family...
I wish i traveled more,
I wish i appreciated those special moments of doing crazy things.
I wish i took in the atmosphere of being surrounded by friends.

Epilogue
I'll take my time being me.