Marisa Donnelly
Marisa is a writer, poet, & editor. She is the author of Somewhere On A Highway, a poetry collection on self-discovery, growth, love, loss and the challenges of becoming.
It’s Okay To Love Broken People
We are all broken, and that’s strangely beautiful.
I Only Want You When You’re Sober
I want your eyes open and bright, not red-rimmed and disguised with a loopy smile. Not a body slumped on a couch and an arm draped heavy across my shoulders. Not a kiss you won’t remember, still wet on my lips.
I’m Sorry I Can’t Love You
This isn’t a choice I made, but an unconscious feeling. I cannot love you because my heart is still caught in the mess of someone else. I cannot love you because I am too selfish, too determined, too content in being the girl on her own.
This Is What Your Favorite Childhood Network Says About The Type Of Kid You Were
Nickelodeon: You were a wild child, identifying most with the characters in the Rugrats, Wild Thornberrys, or Hey Arnold.
Maybe Being Truly Happy Means Letting Go Of The Material
A phone was just a thing. It was replaceable. But the memories, the laughs, the dancing, the friends that surrounded me and the strangers I hadn’t yet met—those things weren’t.
This Is How We Speak Now
We don’t. We communicate in garbled languages, in words typed and misconstrued behind keyboards and screens. We text what we mean and then we erase it. And we write what we think we should say, what the world wants us to.
Men, Here Are 10 Things You Should Never EVER Say To A Female
“You would look better with bigger boobs / butt.”
Forget Wanderlust, There Are Unexplored Worlds All Around You
There are books to be read, music to be listened to, voices and memories to soak in. There are people and places and entire worlds outside your front door, just waiting to be discovered. And you can find yourself in all of it.