An Open Letter To Life

I think I nearly drowned in the seemingly absent state of light. Lost in doubt, fear, and uncertainty, I cried straight into the night.  And in resentment, I couldn't help it.  I couldn't help but wonder why... Why you gotta change all the time, Why there's not always time for me to figure out a …

An Open Letter to My Brother

Dear Ben, I honestly don't remember every detail about the day you were born. I don't remember what I ate for breakfast that day or which shoes I had on as I walked into the hospital. I don't remember what time it was. I don't even remember who took me to see you. All I …

An Open Letter to My Heart

I hear you. I hear you beating.  I know you felt let down. You put your hope in something you didn't get. So you looked for something to blame--something...someone...to get mad at. But you couldn't. Because you knew there was nothing and no one to fault. You didn't want to cry...because you didn't want to …

An Open Letter to A Man Named Christmas

Lately you've been on my mind And I don't quite know why. Because on the night that you died, I didn't even cry. They told me I was with you the day before you "left" But it seems incomprehensible that it's only now I've wept. Because it's like... How is it I can miss someone …