The Origin— inner turmoil surrounding ‘casual’ intimacy

Spring Cleaning: Ripe Fruit Rots With Time
You don’t blink and grow up, but sometimes, it feels like you did.

Catch Me If You Can: The Struggle to Let Someone In
I do not know what it feels like to let something good exist without ruining it first. To not poke and prod, searching for cracks. To not leave before I can be left.

Road From Ridicule: Is Belonging Worth the Wait?
The modern Frankenstein— shaping yourself into the conventional, only to be greeted with an unrecognizable reflection. Was changing everything worth losing all in the process?

The Push and Pull of Passion: Female Sexuality in Society and Self
Why exactly do I feel this guilt in personal desire? Where does this burning fear of becoming “impure” stem from? How do I decipher between what I want and what society has pushed?