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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
