Ethan's messy handwriting littered the page with scribbles and unfinished thoughts. He needs to finish his self evaluation for his journalism class before he meets with Jasmine for her input.

I'm sad,

That's how he started; just like Jasmine taught him.

and no, I don't want to talk it out

because there's nothing you can do about it.

There's noting anyone can do about it.

It's a sad sad,

the kind that permeates,

stays and repeats things in my mind

until it confiscates every vestige of peace

and the voices just

don't