i'm never going to leave.

i'd like to thank polly baker for her beautiful words and how much i related to them.
and jane q. porter for making me feel like i'm an incredible writer,
and cornelia boom for making me feel something over and over again.

i'd like to thank sgt. pepper for his creativity and flat stanley for making me want to be real. i'd like to thank caroline owens for her honesty, jane doe for her bravery, tom lansek for not caring what people think and writing with a meaning and elsie grace for writing from her heart. 

i'd like to thank sam durrant for not being afraid to be who she is, alice s. Blackwell for taking my breath away, hancock for his nice comments and celeste cobain for writing with so much passion. 

and to mr nelson.
i'm sorry i'm always tardy.
some days waking up is just too much.
but you truly have changed me and inspired me.

and to all the others,

thank you so much.

my mother dreamed i would be a dancer. but i hated the tutu's and the tightly slicked back buns gave me a headache.
my dance teacher told me i didn't put enough sass and personality into my movements. 

i've always been quiet
i always was in the back row in the dance recitals
and i've never liked attention drawn to me,

so revealing my pen name is terrifying.

but here it goes, 

blonde hair and green eyes with light brown eyelashes that she wishes were a little longer.

she listens more than she talks
and she especially likes listening to passionate people talk about what they love.

she will always love the snow more than the sun
and the rain more than the rainbow.
maybe that means she's depressed.
she's not quite sure.

she can fall asleep faster than you can and the bathtub will always be her favorite place. 

she's horrible at making eye contact and she doesn't know how to yell. 

she still counts on her fingers in math class
and she still doesn't know how to type correctly

she's a nail biter

a knuckle cracker

embarassed too easily

and lies in bed till 2 am overthinking.

she's never had any huge dreams
and she doesn't know who the hell she is yet

but she's always dreamed of going to paris

and now that she's finally here

she's never going to leave. 

                  

               --kailee hogge.