Constellations shine with light that was emitted aeons ago, and I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to illuminate life's mysteries. But there is nothing.

Then you came along and helped me believe in myself again.

Mom says it's because she has PMS. Do you even know what that means? "I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome

Don't think there are no second chances. Life always offers you a SECOND CHANCE... It's called TOMORROW

You have the Best Of Me.

And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.

Outside the hospital, I squinted in the harsh morning sunlight. I could hear birds chirping in the tree, but even though I searched for them, they remained hidden from me.