Disclaimer: I used to write "songs" in middle/early high school, and while I'm not exactly/at all a pop star today, I was digging through some old files and found something I thought might resonate for some of you. Excerpted below. (If you're Diddy and you're reading this, please see my about me page to [...]
Category: creative stuff
Me. (In my purest, artsiest, fictioniest form.)
Essay: I understand
Free write, 500 words; featured on CompanyONE "Stories" blog I don’t know you, but I understand. I understand what it is to be different, the kind of different that the world doesn’t notice; the kind of different that’s overshadowed by a pretty face and the seeming normality of your friends and family, the mainstream-nature [...]
Short Story: Her Perfection
Short Story, 3400 words “Show me you love me.” I swear that I do. He says that’s not enough. He says, “Prove it.” The full moon tints the asphalt blue. I look at him sitting in the driver’s seat of this beat-up baby-blue pick-up truck, still wearing the black pants and red polo and [...]