In the winter of my senior year, I would drive around for about an hour everyday after school. In the fall I had Cross Country, and so I thought I’d replace it with Chess club, and I did go for […]
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I cannot smell - for all aromas have ceased without your smoke and cinnamon scent. I cannot taste - for the food turns to ashes on my tongue in solidarity with what we had. I cannot hear - for when […]
Traveling salesman with a heart of gold after a decade his love grew cold He said - "I'm leaving on a jet plane" I wondered - "when will you be back again?" A birthday, for Christmas - it's cash and […]
Is it a sin to fall too soon? when that person made you swoon Is it a sin to fall too hard? When those hormones catch you off guard? Is love a narcotic? To merely drive you a craze To […]
The concept of “Tomorrow” implies the event of sunrise and sunset. However, the sun doesn’t rise nor set, the earth rotates alternately and elliptically by its axis thus creating the illusions of these events, with seasons as a bonus depending […]
I’ve never seen God, but my brother did once. In 2007, hopelessly lost on a hiking trail in northern France, he stumbled across a field of matted grass. A train was passing through the field. He watched the windows of […]
There was once a boy named Cliffton, who was the littlest among four siblings but the biggest among the neighborhood kids. Cliff loved his little friends, but he hardly ever saw them; his curfew was sundown, even on the dreamiest […]
I am not sure when, why or how But it all feels real now This girl is so indescribably mysterious And to describe it through fallacy, she’s got me delirious I will take this chance to remind you that […]
I used to write about October, about watching the leaves change colours and falling in love with the way the world would slowly and surely fall apart in the most beautiful way. I used to write about December, about feeling […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When asked about my interest in writing this opinion, the first thing I thought was “I am walking into a minefield.” I am, along with most men I know, afraid to talk about women’s issues. Part of that comes from […]
Here is an awkward social situation that I’ve personally encountered multiple times in the course of my adult dating career here at Acadia. I call this the ‘Dating Dilemma.’ This is the scenario: A nice boy from class […]