Jana Schockmel (Age: 21)

If I lay down on this street And wait just long enough I may feel – The raindrops on my open palms Tiny droplets piercing my skin – I may feel the vibrations the rain creates as it pours down...

Two years ago I went mad. That makes it sound like it was a voluntary act, so let me rephrase. Two years ago, I met you, and you infected me with a madness which I had never felt before, and...

I have not been eating well, recently. I crave something. Something. But I do not know what it is. I crave human touch, maybe. But I shrink away when they reach out. I read the calories on the back of...

I will find you in everything.   But that is not quite right. I will find you in everything Because I will look for you in everything. I will see your eyes in every pair of eyes I look into...

I’m trapped I’m trapped I’m trapped I’m trapped I am – Trapped. It’s been the same rope for years But I cannot cut it off because In a strange way it is comfort. What if I cut it off, free...