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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Age 17, Chicago, Illinois, USA We’re not friends anymore. Maybe we never were. But I want you to know that I forgive you. I forgive you for telling me I looked fat in every pair of jeans I [...]

Age 15, Atlanta, Georgia, USA I’m sorry. Not only to myself but to him. I was constantly harming myself. I didn’t think anyone cared and I thought that I was worthless. I was too busy [...]

Age 18, San Luis, Arizona To My Mad Man In A Blue Box: Wow, can’t believe it’s been over a year. Nearly two, now that I think about it. Year and a half? Possibly. We were only [...]

Age 14, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA It was supposed to be my year. I was supposed to become stable and move on from my past. I met this person who changed my mindset completely. We had begun [...]

Age 17, Jacksonville, Texas, USA To the boy who once was my everything: I hope you forgive me. We were 13 and so blindly in love. Middle school was the era of first loves and finding your path. I [...]