Laura Harrison : Writing

I Went Outside

I Went Outside

A Poem by Laura Harrison


I went outside Watched the trees gently swaying in the summer breeze As if dancing to a song I could not hear Allowed the sun to shin..
Safe Place

Safe Place

A Poem by Laura Harrison


When you found out about my self- harm, you held my wrist and placed gentle kisses on every jagged line and you promised me that you woul..
A Poem For Days When I Don't Want To Get Out Of Bed

A Poem For Days When I Don't Want To Get Out Of Be..

A Poem by Laura Harrison


Some days, I wake up in the morning And something Perhaps the torrential downpour outside my window Or even the hurricane inside my mi..
A Poem In Response To People Who Ask Why I Always Write Sad Poetry

A Poem In Response To People Who Ask Why I Always ..

A Poem by Laura Harrison


I used to portray my pain through freed blood and by silently screaming about all the hurt inside of me. But then I discovered poetry ..
New Year

New Year

A Poem by Laura Harrison


So tomorrow is a new year A new chance to put the wrongs in our life right And to make ourselves into a new person But what if we act..
I Dreamed Of A Land

I Dreamed Of A Land

A Poem by Laura Harrison


I dreamed of a land free of suffering Where war and murder don’t exist Where children can sleep safely at night And nobody raises a..
This Isn't An Aplogy Letter, But You'll Forgive Me One Day

This Isn't An Aplogy Letter, But You'll Forgive Me..

A Story by Laura Harrison


I said that I was thinking of writing a story from the boy's point of view of the story 'I Wanted To Say This to You Before You Left, but the Depressi..
I Wanted To Say This to You Before You Left, but the Depression Made Me Numb

I Wanted To Say This to You Before You Left, but t..

A Story by Laura Harrison


I know that I would be the last person to be awarded with a ‘Girlfriend of the Year’ trophy; I snap at you for no apparent reason..
If There Was an Award for the Best Liar I Would Win It Hands Down

If There Was an Award for the Best Liar I Would Wi..

A Poem by Laura Harrison


I told my first lie when I was 7 years old; I told my mother that my sister had broken her antique vase when it was really me And from that d..
I Am Fat

I Am Fat

A Poem by Laura Harrison


I am fat I know this because I see it when I look in the mirror And I hear it in the cruel calls of “Look out, here comes the w..