Gali

She's finally ahead in the presidential race. The way my hope lifted when I heard that news. And the disbelief on my face? How, after ten months? I was sure I was going to be screaming from my porch on election day, "Why, why?

Who am I? 

Am I Californian or Indian? 

I'm from California, but I also come from Indian descent. 

When I choose one over the other, it feels I'm downplaying how important the other is to me. 

In semester one of ninth grade, I met my newest obsession. In semester two, I suffered the consequences.

How odd a phenomenon–

The Soul yearns for someone who it can’t call its own.

Isn’t that odd?

I find it odd

I’ve always found it quite…

Odd.

I can’t be the only girl 

Who thinks it’s crazy

How we live in an age

Where asking for the “I” in I love you 

Is normal? 

Because I’m the kind of girl

Childhood,

The state of being a child

Childhood,

A phase of innocence and immaturity

Childhood,

A period of pure laughter and unadulterated joy