Author: ejanchen2

You can learn a lot about a person just by looking through their trash. You could learn what they like to eat, what products they use, and what secrets they hide. You’d learn a lot about me if you took the time to sift through my trash. Bottles. Bottles and cans, strewn haphazardly inside the […]

It’s not possible for someone to love me. It’s too hard. Not because I’m hideous or mean or evil or anything. But because of how my brain is wired to be. I step back when you reach out. I shut down when you show emotion. I cry when the things you say scare me. I […]

Big screen beckons, come and watch The chance of a lifetime, an amazing play To replay in fact again and again The popcorn sits, calling your name So recline and relax, enjoy the show.  The seats lean back, go right ahead Use those armrests, be comfortable Because this show won’t be over quite so soon. […]

It feels like I’m fighting all the time. Fighting with my parents. Fighting to keep my grades up. Fighting to stay afloat. Fighting my diagnosed symptoms. Fighting between eastern and western values. Fighting to reconcile what I learn on my own with what I’ve been taught. Fighting constantly to bridge my experiences with those of […]

When people hurt you, it is easy to be filled with hatred and sadness. You’ll be angry for a day or two, but what they don’t tell you is that you spend more time in silent sorrow instead. You’ll come up with a thousand reasons for why it happened. You’ll even blame yourself a lot […]

They sit across from me, quiet, waiting for me to speak up. I say nothing, but my heart is pounding inside. Something is eating me alive; I can’t tell if it’s gnawing its way to my brain or if it’ll stay put inside my stomach. Either way, I close my eyes. I don’t know if […]

There were two men who raised me, the old and the young. One was a drunk and the other had a temper. They both grew up in turmoil and the turmoil festered into a terrible love that manifested itself into their very actions. Their love is a mixed bag, a mix of their whirlwind emotions […]

Through my eyes you can see that I can’t see very well. My eyesight is blurry and I can barely visualize my two hands in front of me. But that doesn’t stop me from trying. Trying to picture the view out front even though it’s hard. Through my eyes you can see the world I […]

Habits reek of rotting flesh  Funnelled down the rancid drain Unsightly smells and cold hard cash Stinking even in the pouring rain Habits, they say, could cost your life But i’ll bet they couldn’t hurt much more  Than the blade of the sharpest knife Whittling skin down to its core Habits get me through the […]

I wanted to write a cliche because sometimes, they’re what we need to hear in order to pick ourselves up and move on. ______________________________________________________________________________ It gets easier everyday to forget someone you thought you couldn’t. It gets easier everyday to give up on someone you thought you couldn’t. It gets easier everyday to move on […]