Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could be a tawdry love affair or telling off a mean-looking bus driver because he doesn't like to stop for noisy teenagers. It could be cheating at cards or eating a peanut even though you're allergic. For me, danger might be getting out from the protective cloak of my family and venturing into the world more of my own, even though I don't know what- or who- awaits me.

Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.

It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Instead, I feel painfully visible, and entirely ignored.

Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

everyone in our school has afterschool activities. mine is going home.

Neophyte, n. There are millions upon millions of people who have been through this before-- why is it that no one can give my good advice?

It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show you tried unless you end up succeeding.