I was a myriad of stars- 
thousands of thoughts sprinkled in the dark. 
Each floated alone in the dark abyss 
but was still inseparably connected to another by the irreplaceable forces of fate. 

I sat in my darkness,  
letting constellations form in strange patterns around me. 
I watched as the wild creation took shape 
into a form of me that I could no longer recognize. 
The scripted stars of plastic became my identity as I molded under others' gravity. 
Scared,...

I am Hailey, and I am enough.
I wonder when I will meet the one I've been dreaming about my whole life
I hear distant melodies in the silence
I see Ferris wheels in the skylights when I take off my glasses on clear, summer nights
I want to look back in ten years and be proud of 15-year old me
I am Hailey, and I am enough.

I pretend to be the next Broadway sensation when I belt in...