Writing

No matter where I am, the guilt follows me. The guilt of my past decisions, the guilt of the people left behind. The weighed down feeling of all the mistakes in my past. Knowing I can't go back and change it is the hardest.

Yearning is a feeling I feel quite often. Sometimes I can’t even put my finger on what I am yearning for. There is always something I feel a longing for.

I have a place

A place just for me

A place where everything from the day spills

And when it spills, it…

Pours across the dark wood desk

Flows and takes control of my pencils

Spills onto a paper

It was Thanksgiving 2024, and my mom, my aunt, and I were tasked with one of the most grueling challenges in all of human history. 

“You’re my sisters! You’re supposed to do this for me!” my uncle shrieked. 

I was a terrible person.

The name “learning voyage” is quite deceiving.

We don’t voyage like ancient Hawaiians,

Nor do we learn new skills.

Instead, we go to rock quarries and plant new trees.