Thank you so much for all of your wonderful submissions to our latest contest.
There were so many entries that it was hard to narrow them down.
If you didn’t win this time, don’t worry… we’re going to have more opportunities to win prizes very soon!
Our winning entry was written by… (more…)
By Guest Writer Patricia Chandler
What Do u do when u feel like this
Suicidal thoughts
Urges to cut
Feeling alone (more…)
By Guest Writer Xochi E. Dixon
So full of too much I’m about to burst.
Fed up with drama, I hunger, I thirst. (more…)
by RTF Assistant Editor Halee Matthews
Breathe it in, soak it up.
Can you feel it, can you see?
Revel in, embrace it fully.
It’s a beauty, it’s a gift.
Highly valued, yet it’s free.
It is ours, to be owned,
Though it cannot be controlled,
Sometimes quiet, but sometimes bold,
Wholly unpredictable,
Priceless, worth more than gold.
Fight for it, this dear gift.
Cultivate it, let it thrive.
This is the gift: you are alive!
Savor it, every moment.
Love it, live it: it’s life!
by RTF Assistant Editor Halee Matthews
They try to wrap their fingers
Around my very soul,
Drag me down into the depths,
A deep, dark, bottomless hole,
From which there is no return.
They assail me from all sides,
Fear and worry and doubt,
Trying hard to trap me in,
Make me think there’s no way out.
But there is a way, I know. (more…)
by RTF Staff Writer Judi Weiss
You’re the only one who doesn’t know about
The beauty that everyone else knows is there
You just can’t see it
No, you’re not aware (more…)
By RTF Editor B.J. Hamrick
Here I am again
Back at square one
I thought this would end
It’s only begun
This circle of grief
Traced into my soul
Cracks open and bleeds
I long to be whole
By RTF Administrative Editor Ethan Hamrick
Tonight I saw I’ve been Peter
Afraid of the wind and the waves
Striving to know
The tide’s ebb and flow (more…)