By Kelcie McKenney
Photo by Felipe Luiz
I’m trying to remember all of the bad things
So my heart stops hurting so damn much
The absence of you left this big gaping hole
A hole that keeps sucking, sucking, sucking parts of me away
Like I’ve misplaced too much of myself and I don’t know how to find it
Like parts of me are lost forever
Will that hole in my chest ever heal?
Or will my heart beat one beat off until the day I die?
Losing you was worse than I thought
By Hope Grey
Photo by Cherry Laithang
I cannot remember the date
Of which I was last raped
I believe I was eight,
When my virtue was at stake
When my soul left its gate
When a serpent took my fate
No, I cannot remember when
But I do remember the sin
I remember the choice that was stolen
And the heart, which remains broken.
Hope Grey
By Hope Grey
Photo by Molly Belle
I’m trying to tell you something!
But you won’t listen
Why can’t you see that my heart has a sting?
This burden, it has gone unforgiven!
The pain that it brings.
But, it has made me strong
because I was so young.
I want you to stop!
I think that you ought!
I wish you’d be caught!
Oh, how I should have fought!
But, I was only eight
and I took the bait!
By Lindsey Steer
This past semester, I got really into The Sound of Music…and I’m not ashamed to say it.
I was taking a film analysis class during the spring and noticed The Sound of Music on our syllabus for week number two. My professor introduced the film by saying, “You’re all probably wondering why we’re going to be analyzing The Sound of Music; it’s because when adjusted for inflation, The Sound of Music is the most successful film in cinematic history…and we need to know why.”
I live for this stuff.
Photo by Bruno Soares
By Kelcie McKenney
Few things hurt more than heartbreak. That soul-crushing feeling lingers in ways other pains don’t. It feels like someone forcefully ripped a part of you from your body, leaving a gaping hole stretching from your sternum to the pit of your stomach. Heartbreak sucks. We’ve all been there or have seen someone go through it, and while there is plenty out there on dealing with heartbreak, I wanted to lay out some truths from my own experience.
Photo by DESIGNECOLOGIST
There is no better way to put it. Heartbreak is painful and difficult, whether it was your choice or not. You’re going to be hurting, possibly even cursing the heavens for putting you through so much pain. Not only are you saying goodbye to a person you cared about, but you’re also saying goodbye to a future you envisioned with that person. That isn’t easy to deal with.
Catcall 