Notjustaphase Stories

Break-ups are a part of life. Seventeen-year-old Calypso Evans understands break-ups, having instigated a fair few of them herself in the past. Then again, quite a lot had happened in Calypso's past, so she tried her hardest to stick to the present. Occasionally, though, the present sucks. Calypso finds this out the hard way, when she discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her, and in her best friend's efforts to console her, Calypso makes the irreversible mistake of kissing them. It doesn't help that her best friend is also a girl. ----- 'I turned to the mirror and looked myself right in the eye. I hesitated before telling my reflection sternly: "It's just a phase."' ----- ~Copyright © 2016 Saskia (RJ) Marks.~ ~No. 1 in the Generation LGBT Saga.~ ~Cover by @s_huddar.~ ~Started on 29/12/2015.~ ~Completed on --/--/----.~

It isn't just a phase , it's a real problem. And I a have this problem and sadly I can't deal with it and it won't be going away anytime soon. Or ever really. Note- I honestly have no clue what this even is. It's just something I made. I dint know what I would call it but this is what this thing is.

✨ To every woman feeling pressure to "glow up" in someone else's way - this poem is for you. ✨ They tell us when and how to grow, when to find love, when to settle down. But what if your glow is about chasing dreams that don't fit the script? What if growing means becoming your own kind of powerful - on your own terms? Read this as a reminder that your glow is yours alone. Your dreams, your timeline, your voice - no one else's. Read this. Feel this. Own this.