expectations

Writing

Let Me Show Me

By Bailey Reinoehl

Look at her,

I look at myself.

I see him,

I see myself.

I find what I want...

It’s not an option.


They Don't Know

By Drew Gilworth

“Work Harder,

Do better,

Study more,

Don’t act stupid,

Pay attention.”

These are the things that run through my mind nonstop,

But they don’t know.

I call myself dummy after dumb blonde,

But they don’t know.


More Bleach, More Problems

By Hailey Alexander

Bleach blonde braids fall across my shoulders

as caramel curls caress my cheeks all for the low, low price

of my life’s savings and a bottle of bleach