3Playing Prince I coveted your lips, you virgin rose.

2Softer Because it's pure, because it's soft/ Because it's intangible beauty in its purest form/ And we know we shouldn't... but we do

2Lifting the Veil An essay on the mechanics of society, and how conformity is a necessity to anyone who wishes to survive it. Written from a male's PoV, simply because I feel it's not done enough.

2Claustrophobia A very trapped poem written during one of my stays at Inova Hospital. Those tiny rooms make me so claustrophobic.

7And I Don't Like Boys Anymore People have asked why I have such a cold disposition to men. Here is a highly stylized (and bitter, naturally) answer to that question.

3The Moth There's a thin line between life and death, and Limbo isn't always kind to its patrons.

5Dear Shawn "You are the one that gave me faith in existence/ Because you knew how to smile when you wanted to cry." For the boy who keeps slipping away.

4Monarch Yellow Humans have always had a rather sick infatuation with beauty.

4Perfect She wants to be perfect. So does every other girl on the planet, but how many of them ever obtain "perfection" A reflection on the media's corruption of young women.

1Rain Did anyone ever tell you, growing up, that rain was the tears of the angels? I never believed it until now.