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Poem / Poetry

January 25, 2025

Tags: childhood, religion, life, music, growing-up

Renea found herself in a desperately lonely situation after losing her best friend, Rachel. She was eternally anxious which kept her from reaching out. After time feeling drained and disassociated, Renea befriended a man 8 years older and fell victim to his alluring words. After meeting him, Renea comes to… Read More

Tags: death, abuse, tragedy, growing-up, coming-of-age

Poem / Poetry

December 22, 2024

Reads: 85

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I wrote this for my mom and how I felt growing up, my anger for my childhood but also my recognition of her growth. Read More

Tags: mind, child, growing-up, innocent, moma

Tags: childhood, future, past, growing-up, letters

Tags: childhood, poetry, growing-up

A story about leaving your childhood and going into adulthood. Read More

Tags: growing-up, leaving, adulthood

Childhood memories and family actions make us who we are. Our decision making starts very early in life. Life is like a roller coaster. Your environment shapes you. “This Affects Me How” covers many circumstances that many go through and how all of us make decisions based on our past. Read More

Tags: depression, growing-up, anxiety, self-help, childhood-trauma

Unfinished piece How is it possible to know someone Yet you really don’t know them at all The person you used to look up to Never existed in the first place They were just a distorted memory And you were blind to the truth Read More

Tags: childhood, growing-up, spoken-word-poem

Poem / Poetry

December 17, 2023

Reads: 95

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: friendship, time, growing-up

Poem / Poetry

December 16, 2023

Reads: 199

Comments: 3

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: love, growing-up, creativity, material-comfort

A busy afternoon and then this emerged. Read More

Tags: growing-up

Tags: growing-up, stress, strain, victor-windermere

Tags: abuse, family, growing-up, teenagers, sisters

The city is beautiful and glittering under the shine of the sun. But everyone knows of the people living underneath the city, in their subterranean world. The girl from the comfort and luxury of the world above ground doesn't know much about the world underneath. But she is falling. She's… Read More

Tags: girl, betrayal, growing-up, coming-of-age, young-girl

"Discarded Toy Box" is a poignant and evocative poem that captures the bittersweet journey from a carefree childhood to the challenges and demands of adulthood. Through vivid imagery and nostalgic reminiscences, the poem explores the shift from joyous moments of play and family bonds to a world of responsibilities, missed… Read More

Tags: growing-up, nostalgia, loss-of-innocence, childhood-memories, life-changes

Tags: growing-up

Britney doesn't understand why everyone just can't forgive and forget..... Read More

Tags: party, drinking, parents, growing-up, mistakes

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"A well told and constructed story. A sad subject, it seems every generation has to lose a few of their own really early, only then do teens fin..." Read More

Poem / Poetry

March 11, 2023

Reads: 221

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

I don't want my lawn to be immaculate. Read More

Tags: reflection, life, growing-up

Poem / Poetry

February 15, 2023

Reads: 176

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: poetry, life, poem, growing-up, maturity

Sometimes discovery comes when we least expect it, let alone when we least want it. Though this is non-fiction, I had to fill in some of the missing elements with educated guesses. I was four, after all, and my great-grandmother died later that year. I hope you enjoy! Read More

Tags: reality, growing-up, farms, perceptions, coming-of-age

After a week of feeling unwell and hiding it, 10-year-old Emmett Clark discovers a LOT of blood coming out of his body. Luckily, one of his new dads knows exactly what's happening, and he takes the time to help Emmett understand. Read More

Tags: family, growing-up, lgbt, short-story, trans-character

"Sandpaper" is a short story about a young man refinishing his grandparents' furniture for his first real apartment on his own. He spends an evening working at sanding the furniture down and takes a stroll down memory lane from family stories to his own experiences. Read More

Tags: memories, growing-up, families, woodwork

This is based on a dad and son that I saw at a baseball game Read More

Tags: growing-up

This is something relatable I wrote if someone ever felt this towards a platonic friend or romantic partner. It's something I didn't know bother me, so I put my own closure in my own writing. Read More

Tags: growing-up, closure, experiences, growing-apart

Poem / Poetry

February 12, 2022

Reads: 1768

Comments: 6

The Booksie Classic House

Did you ever spend time with your cousins when you were growing up. I sure did. I hope this brings back some memories for you. The picture used was from 1964 Also available on Amazon Read More

Tags: growing-up

This is a young adult story concerning a bookish girl who delves into a years-old cold-case murder. Mackenzie Grace Fowler is only 13 year old but an outcast among her peers. She spends enormous amounts of time alone and reading. The story is told from her personal journal, where we… Read More

Tags: youth, crime, growing-up, solving, step-parents

Short Story / Young Adult

January 02, 2022

Reads: 954

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Sammy's in love; a kiss goes awry. Read More

Tags: humor, romance, growing-up, literature, tradgedy

It's okay to say we're all a bit mad as we journey ourselves into growing up. This is a short poetic poem story I wrote. Something I feel you guys might be available to relate. Read More

Tags: imagination, growing-up, finding-yourself, adulting, teenaged-angst

Poem / Non-Fiction

November 12, 2021

Reads: 597

Comments: 7

The Booksie Classic House

A short poem on what growing up means to me... Read More

Tags: love, life, growing-up, scars

Poem / Poetry

November 01, 2021

Reads: 562

Comments: 7

Shelves: 1

The Review Chain House

This is a poem I wrote about recently about deciding to cut someone from my life. Well, not really cut ties, but letting go since we've both went our separate ways now. It's a poem if anyone can relate by being close to someone, but learning to accept you've grown… Read More

Tags: growing-up, cutting-ties, learning-experience

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