When We Collided

by Emery Lord

life surprises you. It tells you to close your eyes and blow out the candles, and then sometimes smashes your face into the cake before you can even make a wish.

I don’t even want to try to stop myself from feeling everything, from reacting the way I really feel,

‘Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for’?”

I also know that emotions come from the brain. So why do people feel real aches in their chests? Why does it feel like we carry every feeling in our cores?

I don’t appreciate how often people hide their scars and doubts. Really, it’s not fair to people who are struggling, to go on believing that everyone else just has it totally together and never has one bad thought in their lives.

trying to make things better sometimes makes us better, too.