Freedom

By Lila Weis, TIWP Student Freedom. It’s like feeling a cool breezy wind blowing on your face.It’s like straightlining your favorite run.It’s like riding the chairlift with all of your friends.It’s like racing them to the bottom. Freedom.It’s like eating lunch at the lodge with your teammates.It’s like getting advice from your coaches after each run.It’s […]

A Time for Slang (and A Divorce)*

*Inspired by popular slang terms found in the archives of the 1891 American Slang Dictionary. By KF, TIWP Student I met the most infuriating man the other day. I’m not talking looks. I’m speaking of his no good, arrogant, painful, and utterly boring personality. As my sister would say, he is a man that is […]

Frenemy

By Katelyn Forschler, TIWP Student You are a horrible person. Okay okay…maybe that is a little bit harsh. You are a guy whose ego is larger than their personality. You are a smart guy who says all the wrong things. You are the most caring narcissist I have ever met. Notice how confusing your traits […]

The Escape

By Katelyn Forschler, TIWP Student My legs are sore from running. I haven’t slept or ate in days. I don’t even know what day it is. The city has grown further into the distance. A small speck of light illuminates its existence. Now, the only thing around me is sweeping trees, shouting owls, and the […]

Life

By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student Life is hard. You never know which people you can trust, yet you have to trust people.  Life is hard. You’re told to “be unique” or to “stand out,” while there is constant pressure to conform to the standards of society.  Life is hard. You may find yourself being used […]

Mirror, Mirror

By Lila Weis, TIWP Student I stand there looking in the mirror when you call to me. You watch me, try your hardest to tempt me. I don’t crack. You want me to change myself. You want me to edit the way I look.  You want me to look in the camera while a face […]

The Music

By Alexa Riseman, TIWP Student The light shined brighter then ever as Fay stared, mesmerized. “What are you?” she whispered. “What do you want with me?” It had all started three days ago. After a long and exhausting day, 14-year-old Fay Johnson wanted nothing but to curl up in her bed and fall asleep. She […]

Am I A Murderer?

By Audrey Harris, TIWP Student I guess I didn’t mean to. Didn’t mean to do it. But how could I really say that I did mean to? That would make me a bad person. But how much worse can I get? I’m in this situation so I must already be unfavorable compared to most. Unfavorable […]

The Phone

By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student Waking up, the first thing I do is reach for my phone. I’ll check my texts or scroll on TikTok for hours, not thinking about how lucky I am to be here at all. Walking outside, I barely appreciate the beauty of the world, mainly focused on whatever’s happening on […]

The Feeling of Aliveness

By Aya Riseman, TIWP Student“Race you to the ocean!” I scream I run down the sand, ignoring the way it burns my feet.  The waves crash to the shore, getting taller and taller as I get closer. The 90-some degree heat should be slowing me down, but instead I go faster, as if my body […]