Poems from rileykconnolly

Kurt Vonnegut said, “be soft. do not let the world make you hard…” and I believed him. I was soft, so soft and so sweet, so forgiving.   I...
i want to be recognized assomething still growinginstead of somethingwaiting to die.because i’ve been telling myself“i can do this” long...
i am more than a statistic,more than “1 out of every 4 people are depressed.”i am made of stardust, of the sea and the sand,and everything...
when it burns, let it.  let the fire crawl from the depths of your stomach and rip out of your mouth like a thunderstorm.  when it burns...