By Kristin H., TIWP Student Remember meTo writeTo fightTo be or not to beA poetA knightA fighterA leaderA shining lightA disappointment.A failure.Alone.The individual.You’re alone, but you’re not aloneYou’re not by yourself.Who are you without anotherIf the tree falls with no one to listen?Will I be remembered?Have I done enough?Will you remember me,When my roots are […]
All We Ever Are
By Emily Y., TIWP Student “I’m sorry,” she whispered for the fourth time, sheepish and small. “All you ever are is sorry, and that’s not a bad thing, but know nothing is your fault.” The floor tilted and she lost all footing. Sorry was her way of shrinking and taking up less space, having a […]
The Every Man
By Rose Upson, TIWP Student Phillip Richardson was an every man. He worked a mundane job at a small accounting firm in Seattle. Everything about him was average; his kids, his wife, his personality, his tastes, his income, everything down to his height – an average 5’8. In a post-apocalyptic world, he kept things plain. […]
All the Things I’ve Become
By Zara Quiter, TIWP Student
The Question
By Kristen H., TIWP Student “There is no final test for how to be human — only the open question of how to be yourself which you must answer daily.” – Maria Popova It rises like light in a windowsill through a thin curtain—soft, unavoidable. Before words, before certainty. A quiet pressure beneath the ribs, gently […]
Hypocrisy: A Contrapuntal
By Zara Q., TIWP Student
Inside
By Avery C., TIWP Student Inside,possibility grows wilda forest of unfinished sentences,constellations still decidingwhat shape they want to be. But the world prefers straight roads,clear signs,names hammered into doors. So walk the border between wilderness and pavementwith a notebook full of dissolved stars. Some morningsthoughts arrive like migrating birdsfast, bright, and impossible to hold. Other […]
The Love, the Loss, and the Longing
By GG, TIWP Student Longing. Yearning. Aching. Craving. Desire is a funny thing. With desire comes longing. The desire to belong, to fit in, to be likeable, mixed with the desire to be yourself without shame or fear. It is in our nature to crave connection, it’s why shame is born. In the early days […]
Little Moments
By GG, TIWP Student Life is in the little moments. In the small things that make you human. Your fears, desires, mistakes, triumphs, and everything in between. Life is deep, breathless, laughs when your friend tells you a story or a joke. In the moments where you’re sitting on their couch watching a movie, or […]
Attractiveness and It’s Imaginary Correlation with Morality
By Rose U., TIWP Student Having grown up in what some might consider an oppressive society, maybe even dystopian, I’ve found that beauty standards are deeply entwined with patriarchal society. Further, the attractiveness of a person is associated with their morality, a false narrative that’s been pushed for generations. Worse, forgiveness of a man’s unattractiveness […]
The Intuitive Voice 