“I love you.”

     Silence. The dark roof gleamed over their heads as the slight drizzle of rain began to pick up where it had left off barely an hour earlier. Only the sound of the air conditioning murmuring was there to keep them company as one opened their heart to the other. People could walk by and not suspect a thing, which is exactly why she had wanted to do this in person and in private,...

Dear Riley,     
     You once made a comment to me about Christianity. You said “people choose to believe in God because they’re too naive to accept that when we die we stop existing. They would rather believe in Heaven to comfort them rather than face the truth. God isn’t real, no one can save us except for ourselves, and one day we’ll die and no one will remember us. And that’s terrifying. I’m terrified, but I’m not naive.” I’m...

My mind is always spinning.
The clocks are always ticking.
The crushing weight of a bomb placed
on my chest is there
every-single-day.
What will I do when time runs out?
time time time

Time controls me.
It defines what I do with my life which defines me.
I’m defined by something I can never control
and with no control
How can I survive?
How can anyone beat the race of time.
I worry everyday that my eyes won’t open...

Dear Riley,     
     You once made a comment to me about Christianity. You said “people choose to believe in God because they’re too naive to accept that when we die we stop existing. They would rather believe in Heaven to comfort them rather than face the truth. God isn’t real, no one can save us except for ourselves, and one day we’ll die and no one will remember us. And that’s terrifying. I’m terrified, but I’m not naive.” I’m...