Don’t go too far, my love, my darling, watch the waves and the pounding surf wash upon the sand, whirling forth in a flurry of salt and sea and sun. Don’t trust those white caps while you wander forth […]
The first day, you’ll wake up – groggy, almost as if you had just been dreaming the entire time. You’ll reach to find your loved one in the bed, and come up short. The bed that once shared entwined legs […]
I know how the tide feels When the moon pulls her close To a land unyielding. A rocky surface with crevices Even ocean cannot fill. I know how the finch feels Flying against the wind. Suspended, disarmed By the very […]
He always had a pack of cinnamon gum and a cigarette behind his ear. His baggy jean jacket sat on his shoulders like it was meant to be there, those beat up converse looked like they could fall apart at […]
Having recognized a purpose also comes with a plight. You end up living in the fight. I’m exhausted, I’m tired. I feel it in my bones. I’m always in the zone. And it does take its toll, On your body, […]
Her eyes were dark and smoky. His eyes were dazed and glazed. His senses dulled. He couldn’t remember the last time he felt something real, not fabricated within the illusion reflected by the clouds of drug induced haze. He knew […]
There’s people outside, the thrashing and bustling kind. Nowadays they seem to blur like shadows in dithyrambic dazes. We shiver at the thought of joining them out there, so we watch through sectioned sickle panes. And the days that go […]
1) The notion that “White Privilege” is offensive and racist towards White People. Racism, cultural appropriation, and discrimination have been a hot-button issue throughout history. With the rise of social media platforms, along with the recent election of Donald […]
when a cotton white shirt sits down when it’s new, but about 23 wears in when you smell it before you see it when you think about putting your knit brow […]
Some of us grew up in semi-liberal or liberal households. Some of us grew up in conservative households. At one point or another, our parents would openly discuss the harms of drug and substance abuse, the negative consequences of consuming […]
I promised myself a few years ago that I would write this article before I left Acadia, and now I’m finally in my last semester ever (hopefully!), so here it goes. Dear student body of friends and strangers, I present […]
There once was a boy who was told that everyone that should be nice to everyone and that if they were not kind, they were bad people. He then grew up to find that’s not how the world works. As […]
There was a girl who used to look in the mirror and tell herself one thing she loved about herself every day. She always smiled, she sung in the shower and spent all of her hours comfortable in her own […]