Question?

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student “Can you write a story about nothing?”“Why couldn’t you?”“Because don’t words have meaning?”“Words don’t have to mean anything.”“But they do!”“That’s your opinion.”“Of course it’s my opinion, what else would it be?”“Facts, which it isn’t.”“Don’t you agree that words have definitions?”“Depends.”“Depends on what?”“Do you want them to?”“Yes!”“Then they have definitions for […]

The Other Side

By Caroline Hesby, TIWP Student Once in a while you slip across the screen of my eyes, a quiet figure, your glasses still resting—slightly fallen—on the bridge of your nose, and a toothy smile that little me always sensed something more behind but wasn’t quite sure what. You left quickly, predictably, yet suddenly, before I […]

The Presence

By Cameron Drue, TIWP Student It’s been seven years since the day I died. It is crazy to see how much has changed since my last real human interaction. Of course every few months I’m able to give small signs of my presence but usually they go unnoticed or are brushed off as a hallucination. […]

YES! A Decision Years in the Making

By Maya Petzoldt, TIWP Student “Who do you have a crush on?”No one. I don’t have a crush on anyone. I promise.“Who do you like, Maya?”You, platonically.Are you asking if I love someone? You of course, like a friend, a sibling.“Will you go out with me?”Of course, what’s better than a day with friends? I’d […]

Pink Polka-dots

By Evy Anders, TIWP Student It’s second period, I’m sitting next to Grayson Turner and cursing out Amanda in my head. She had promised to buy me Subway over our hectic call last night if I did one thing in return. Combined with snickers and giggles, she demanded I wear my old, pink polka-dotted onesie, […]

Déjà Vu

By Louisa Perry-Picciotto, TIWP Student Flowing throughout my eyes  comes the whisper  of the ensuing moments  captured in seconds  through the film playing  in the blank of my mind,  hidden behind a screen of deception  that is pulled back by the thoughtless mind when drifting away on a sea of the past collection of memories  […]

18 Random Thoughts

By Ayumi Nagayama, TIWP Student 1. Oh my gosh, why can’t I draw hands? 2. Why is life so expensive? 3. How do you draw a perfect circle freehand? 4. Why is life so hard? 5. I’m hungry. 6. What if my family dies? 7. Awwww my dogs are cute! 8. Why does my favorite […]

One Love

By Aly Kirke, TIWP Student I want someone to love me like warm sunshine on my back. I want someone to touch me the way a raindrop does when it falls on a leaf. I want someone to fight with me like a storm, where each one ends with cool light and the smell of peace. I want […]

Crying

By Louisa Perry-Picciotto, TIWP Student Rain splatters on the cheeks,  tossed from the compacted space, disregarded between the eyes.  Droplets gravitate towards  the shaking platform  which is holding onto  the calm of the ocean waves that are spurred on by every drop  to the point that they terrify  the oncoming storm.  Dry lands watch the […]

I Am Water

By Kayli Harley, TIWP Student I was water then, eroding the skin of my face each night and waking up swollen and healed. But I could feel the salt beneath the layers, stinging and humming to be touched by air, to dissolve. I was water then, and I didn’t want to be. My room became […]