It started with a banana peel, led to an unintentional sleepover - multiple unintentional sleepovers - and became so much more. Cathy has made it to senior year unscathed. With her only stressor being the impending doom of the final exams, she wants to keep her head down and finish off her safe streak with success. However, when she catches the attention of the resident badboys, Cathy's boring life is turned upside down, and it probably isn't for the better. Throw in a reunion with a first love, heinous plots and a jealous ex, and it's a definite mixture for chaos. ---- COMPLETE: 6th March 2016

Think of it like a story that can be read in any order. Unable to sleep, the poet is transported to a land of angels and demons, and cosmic truths. On their adventure, they visit many strange places like a side walk in the middle of the night, ancient cities half buried in sand, Eden itself, or even the edge of the earth. Scared, they find their beliefs about the nature of the universe are often challenged, but there is no easy way out. Maybe, one day, they won't be lost any more. For perspective and philosophy see the first half. For life, and experience see the second. A cosmic journey begins at Delight, a more personal one at Regret. There will, however, be overlap.

❝It was a little after eight-the sky a void of raspberry and periwinkle and lavender carnations-and possibly the most humid day in the middle of July when I first saw him tagging the side of an abandoned building next to the rundown Mini-Mart.❞ - Young Writer's Short Story Contest Finalist.

if nothing else works, call your mom. poetry #9