it started out with yellow.

she stares into the mirror- she skips dinner again- she takes single bites from apples as the number of calories zip and spin through her mind as she gazes dully at her stomach. she just wants to be pretty.

Mike disappeared on a clear day. I remember that, at least, though not much else. I was five years old. "Try," the policemen said to me. "Try harder. Remember."

#58 in Short Story "Learning how to fall in love." Fifteen weeks of summer. Fifteen ways to fall in love. Fifteen year old girl. One unsuspecting boy. (FIRST DRAFT; TO BE UNPUBLISHED SUMMER/FALL 2017 FOR REWRITING.)

30 days. 30 poems.

i am a city of b r o k e n w a l l s; and t h e y are tearing me apart. text copyright © aakhir [i do not own any media, including the images in the covers]

"Uncertainty is caused by a lack of knowledge. Hesitation is the product of fear." (Written in 2016)

He put flowers on her doorstep for her birthday. Too bad Nina was allergic to pollen. [ cover made by @incendia- ]

❝ − It's a terrible thing, the destruction of words.❞ All rights reserved @ o p t i c a l i t y | 2017

"I gazed into his emerald green orbs as I spilled scolding hot coffee on him in Starbucks." [this book is not meant to offend ANYONE. It's just for some laughs and some fun. :)]