Andra, — by Hailey Brooks on

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Dear Andra, If anyone still reads my blog, it's you. Thanks for that. Yesterday, you gave me a small note with a few kind words, which...

Zig Zags — by Hailey Brooks on

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Three  weeks ago, I would have pointed at you and said, "That kid over there? He's my best friend."  Now you're not e...

The Last Word — by Hailey Brooks on

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Well. This is it. It is exactly 10:36 PM on a Wednesday night, and tomorrow high school will be over. I keep hearing congratulations, and ...

Rule 34 — by Hailey Brooks on

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This is a story about me. And you. (It's starting to seem like my whole life is a story about me and you.) But this is a story ...

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Note: There are a lot of links in here. Just look for them. "broken things are just as beautiful and we're alright i promi...

What i wish i told you... — by Hailey Brooks on

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I told you that my head gets clouded What I didn't tell you is that I need you to clear it sometimes. I told you that it was my pro...

I've Always Wanted to Work at Hot Topic — by Hailey Brooks on

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My whole life I've wanted to have tattoos and piercings and neon colored hair but where I'm from, permanent things are considered ...

looking elsewhere — by Hailey Brooks on

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There are parts of me you cannot see Parts that are only beginning to be set free

impossibilities and dubious decisions — by Hailey Brooks on

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I wish I could be as brave as Stephen, and talk about how I've thought about your body. About how I've thought about you with your c...

this one's all about me — by Hailey Brooks on

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I'm done pretending.  don't want to say, "I'm fine." Anymore. I don't want to confuse you anymore. I don't...

dear jackie — by Hailey Brooks on

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I wrote this a while ago, but it's still true so I decided to post it. I've written a million billion posts just like this and I t...

261 Bateman Ln. — by Hailey Brooks on

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"I think he knew," she says eventually. "It just didn't matter enough for him to care." Once a bustling tin...

are we broken? — by Hailey Brooks on

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It's just toomuchtoomuchtoomuchtoomuchtoomuch And the word that runs through my head all day is brokenbrokenbrokenbrokenbrokenbroken a...

warning: this is about Terik. and its not very good. — by Hailey Brooks on

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Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I die before I wake I pray the Lord my soul to keep ---- I ...

Days of the Week. — by Hailey Brooks on

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Monday Wake up shower get dressed. Forget if it's an A or B day. Go to school math biotech creative writing. Mondays feel tired. Why do...

Hey — by Hailey Brooks on

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So I haven't written a post like this in kind of a while. So... Why not, I guess? Also, code names because I'm not quite that brave....

Feelings Can be Tangible — by Hailey Brooks on

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When I woke up this morning he was staring me right in the face. In a no take-backs, no-one-tells-me-what-to-do, making-me-want-to-hide ...

elaborations are for losers. — by Hailey Brooks on

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This is me trying to face the facts. Maybe you're not good for me. Actually, I think it's me who isn't good for you and that...

We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On — by Hailey Brooks on

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What do you dream? I dream of stars and moons and healing hearts. I dream of burnout from work and sore shoulders heavy with the burd...

Oxygen. — by Hailey Brooks on

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The day I was born, the moon entangled himself in my soul. He made a home in my heart and at night he reflects the light in my eyes while...

shameful hearts — by Hailey Brooks on

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Okay. Look. Im sorry. I don't owe you an apology I don't think, but you don't owe me one either. I've no right to bottle...

Socks. — by Hailey Brooks on

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So, my cat died today. Maybe its kind of dumb, but I'm crying. I've had her since I was a little kid, I've grown up with her, ...

robots aint got birthdays — by Hailey Brooks on

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yo i aint alive but i aint broken either. i aint a robot but i aint a human either. My dad used to tell me that only the unintelligent...

Made From Stars — by Hailey Brooks on

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They say that eyes are the window to your soul but I don't believe them. I believe our souls have made a contract with T-Mobile and App...

The tear is famous to what again? — by Hailey Brooks on

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Tears are weird. They show up out of nowhere and you end up choking on random words like "Goodnight." And the...

It's a Long Way Down — by Hailey Brooks on

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"Remember who you are." It's been a while since I've seen your face and when I do, Frankly I don't care that much...

ode to the newcomers. — by Hailey Brooks on

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I guess this is it. Goodbye Paris. I'll miss the green page, I'll miss the journals, the prompts, the examples, the videos, I'll...

in the name of blue eyes. — by Hailey Brooks on

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Hi there. I've written you enough for the both of us, but you'll always be the only person who signed my junior yearbook, an...