Author Archives: Bella Riley

my heart is pounding in my chest, as the rain pours over me, I cant move, I cant breathe, could it be? I need to know if what I see was real, I long for it to be real, but in my heart I know it cant be, i’m in a dream, it has toContinue reading “In the Rain”

I need to be in love, I need to be needed, I want to be wanted, I miss the feeling of soft lips being pressed against my own, I miss being held like it was the end of the world, Like nothing else mattered but me…but us, It hurts to look around and see thatContinue reading “When?”

We all remember the poem of Christopher Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492. Then discovering North America, which he thought was India, but it turned out he discovered new land. Well before he discovered it, it was sparsely inhabited and had only two permanent civilization, the Hopewell, and the Anasazi civilizations. Spain, France, andContinue reading “North America”

                One way I can better my time is watching less TV. After school I am tiered of thinking or using my brain. So, I watch TV, but let’s say I don’t watch TV after school. I could use the time in a different and more productive way. Such as cleaning the house or preparingContinue reading “Three Ways I Can Use My Time Better”

  Before I came to Texas and was adopted, I lived in Missouri in a not so good environment. I usually missed school to take care of my siblings Ryan (3) and Sophia (5). One day the school realized I had missed several days at school, so I was forced to go one day. (MyContinue reading “Three of my life stories”

I was all alone once upon a time, No one to watch me grow, No one to hear my cry, I made the same wish every shooting star, That a family would love me, And take me very far, Every time night came, I prayed to the man in the moon, “Please oh please takeContinue reading “Man in the Moon”

I‘m drowning, Drowning in my pain, Lost in your teary eyes, Lost in an image I know can’t be real, the image of you and her, her and you, I‘m suffocating, Suffocating in your words, I can’t focus, I cant breath, The whole world is spinning, So many questions are filling my head, Why me?Continue reading “Drowning in Darkness”

Have you ever wanted something so much it hurt, it was close yet so far away, if only you could reach out to touch it, to feel it, to hold it close to you, but you can’t and you don’t know why, is it fear holding you back? If so fear of what? Is itContinue reading “Fear of Love”

Africa is a very well know content. It is mostly known for its dry lands and for being home to the largest river in the world, the Nile River. We also think of Egypt when we think of Africa. Egypt is the oldest African civilization. It was conquered twice before 500 AD, once by theContinue reading “History on Africa”

                 In order to control my small expenses, I set a goal. Usually that goal involves something that I want. For instance, I have been saving up for a leather jacket. That is my goal, so I do not buy anything until that goal has been reached. So, no buying any small items when IContinue reading “How I Control My Small Expenses”