coming of age - Stories

Here I'll upload all my poems. I don't write them a lot, I like fiction better, but all the poems I translated to English will be uploaded here.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

A teen boy and his Gay best friend spot a girl in the Agora one day, and the auburn youth falls head over heels -- much to his friend's surprise. A week later, the boy has a plan to meet her and sets it into action.

**This is an extended preview of my long poem on a classic subject. There are ten Parts to Hymenaios, or the Marriage of the God of Marriage, and this is the entirety of Part II. Please enjoy while I continue to prepare the other Parts for posting.**

High school was over and one last summer stood between Trevor and Dustin's future. A summer they dreamed of for the last four years. Countless hours of planning and dreaming. A cross country road trip. Just the two of them and wherever the road may lead. But things were more complicated than that.

Trevor was struggling with new feelings for his best friend. Feelings he can't quite figure out. Feelings that scared him shitless. Dustin was acting weird too. A shift in their friendship dynamic. They both knew something was up. Driving down the highway with no escape, will these two best friends survive their last hurrah together?

About the wall in my mind and whats behind it and how I can't let the people around me see these emotions on my face.

1n 1972 a 13 year old boy develops an obsession with Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz and confronts some uncomfortable truths about himself.

Daniel found his forever friend in Hone when he was just four-years-old. They grow up inseparable. The only secret between them is that Daniel is gay. If life is a puzzle, the only piece missing is the truth.

Posted for Pride Month

Only 884 words, but all of them are from the bible itself.

June 2021 Pride Month Micro-Fiction Challenge Entry: The Story of Caleb growing up in our modern world

Non-fiction. My perspective on getting through life, and specifically adolescence. This is a resource that is open to be shared should anyone find it useful.

Youth passes by alarmingly, and for most people, the simple days of childlike wonder are a flood of nostalgia. At a certain age, we all reflect back on our growing up experiences and wish for some of the good old times... this is some of mine, but many can relate as the desire to be young again, sometimes, is one and it's own.