Compton changed everything. In Riverdale, I used to be able to walk outside at night without having to worry about anything happening to me. I could walk outside in broad daylight and wouldn't have to worry about drive-by's. I used to be able to come home and be able to rely on a homemade meal made by mother-and my father sitting on the couch with her. But now, everything's changed. My dad dipped out on me and my mom, my mom and I are struggling to make ends meet, and I'm in these streets. Never would I imagined that myself, Egypt, would be out on the streets selling drugs to support myself. But if it helps me support me and my mother, I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Now I have responsibilities that I would've never expected, and people depend on me more than ever before. © all rights reserved // livythecreator

❝will you draw for me?❞

lust before hate and then maybe love. some personal nonfiction short stories, some fiction stories, maybe some poems, maybe a rant. maybe it may be solitude.

A poem of a girl talking about a boy she just adores

Robyn Cierra Denton. Raised in Chicago, is attending her third year at Greystone Accademy for the musically gifted. At the age of nine, she walked in on her mother lifeless after overdosing on drugs, since then she makes it a habit not to get close to others. She wouldn't be able to handle the loss of someone like that again. What happens when she accidentally runs into Jacob Perez at a local open Mich Night reading? Especially, when he has a closet full of secrets to hide. Read to find out.

After Julie looses her mother and her step dad Donald finds her sitting there in her house. He decided to keep her and take care of her but for his future someone stands in the way trying to...Read on.

© Copyright 2013 All Rights Reserved. "I can't do it." I whispered "But we can do it together, we been doing it for years now." "I know and that's why I love you.." The words slipped out before I could stop them. Now I have a lot of explaining to do. When Melissa falls in love with her best friend, Jay. Everything goes wrong. To pregnancies to suicide to death. Will Melissa and Jay make it out together? Urban Romance // Rated R // 16+

if you could define life by color, life before Him was kinda pale. the days were pretty and pink, but there was no warmth to give it vibrancy or nothing. every day was basically the same and exhaustingly boring. His arrival brought not only new colors and vibrancy, but meaning to the ones i'd already known. i loved it, the months where things were good between us felt like he showed me a new way of life that was totally different from everything. he left, snatching the color back from me. i don't know how i'll find anything like that ever again, so i suppose i'll try suppressing the memories. even if it means i fade to gray.