Age 13,  Kazakhstan I’m from Kazakhstan, Almaty. It’s a very beautiful city surrounded by mountains from the other world. I am thirteen, and here my story begins. I fell in love, or I thought, six mounths ago. His name… uhhh… let’s call him V, ok? So, V lived far away from me, but we chat and […]

Age 18, Wisconsin USA Dear Momma, I would like to apologize for being me. I’m sorry I never have the courage to tell you what I’m really feeling. The truth is that I’m so f*cking insecure. I’m so empty inside that it doesn’t even hurt when bad things happen. I don’t seem to have the […]

Age 16, Michigan, USA It all started about a month ago. Things were going so well for us. We had been dating for almost 6 months when you started pushing me away. I could tell something was wrong, but you wouldn’t talk to me. You left me wondering what was wrong, and all I could think […]

Age 18, Wyoming, USA   Dear F, I wish that I could tell you I tried. That I made an honest effort to keep you in my life. That I fought for you the whole way through, but it sickens me to admit, I did not. See it was too difficult for either of you to […]

Age 17, Wisconsin To all the friends I’ve hurt because of my mental health: Where do I begin? I’m so very sorry for the pain I have caused you. Sometimes it all becomes too much. The anxiety kicks in and I’m too nervous to interact with your other friends and family so I simply don’t show […]

Age 17, USA   Asking you to forgive me is something I’ve already done. But no matter how many times I ask you, you will never tell me in clear words that you forgive me or if I was ever the reason why you did what you did. They told me that no one saw […]

Age 15, St. Louis, Missouri GRAY BY: MEGAN WINDLE Your body is a stuffed animal, Shoved into a wooden coffin, Put on display For hollowed eyes The color of The ocean and the sky And everything blue and sad In this world. And my eyes Pour water Down gray stone cheeks The way that the […]

Age, 16, Pensacola, Florida Five months ago, when I was still 16, I made one of the worst decisions of my life. I had an abortion. It’s just now hitting me how sad I am. I regret it so much. It hurts so bad. The dad was awful to me. He was threatening every little […]

Age 17, Tallahassee, TN, USA It’s something that we did. Daring each other to do stupid stuff. I’m sorry I dared you to take something embarrassing from the drug store. We’re done it before and laughed about it. But not this time. This time you got caught and got into a lot of trouble. I’m sorry […]

Age 18, Tempe, Arizona, USA You were a really good friend. But one day, you started cutting me down, making fun of me about something that I had told you that was very personal. Just a snide remark. I pretended it was funny. Maybe that was my first mistake? Through the years, I listened to […]