MATEJA SARAJA

We are writers. We are storytellers. We imagine the entire universe inside our heads. We are artists because the unique creations don't stay in our heads only; we share them with others. We are learning, adopting, and searching. We don't give up. We rest, yes, but we keep going. We seek the best stories to tell. As storytellers, we are unstoppable. We read other works to grow, to see what is out there in the literary world. We learn from stories and others, but we stay oursel

They glide together, one word after another, smooth as butter.  I see my reflection and wish it were different— not prettier, just clearer.  I only wish to know who I am in the end. Glasses, milk, peanut butter and jelly—  I’m writing a song about my many flaws.  I laugh, I cry, I sit, then stand, then dance.  Is that my reflection, or just a passing glance? Words rattle in my skull like nails against a board.  Pulling them out might hurt— but what else is there to do?  I sig

That long drive to my grandmother’s place felt like eternity — or better yet, as though I would never arrive. My grandmother lived in a nursing home: old, wrinkled-faced, in a wheelchair, without her family by her side. My parents visited once a month, bringing her the food she liked, clothes she missed, or simply the company she needed. We all treated it like a chore. Although I prayed for her every night, I was sitting high on my self-righteous horse, riding toward my own p

Sometimes our heart doesn’t shout — it whispers the truth we don’t want to hear. Sometimes we desire what isn’t ours, jealous of what others have, not realizing we carry a treasure within ourselves.  The different light we despise in ourselves, we celebrate in others. Sometimes our tears hurt, our hopes show us the way to go, and our inner star reveals what we’ve always known — that by listening to others, we lose ourselves; that what is true within us, we easily surrender to

The voice speaks with a gentle nudge. It's a question of choice. Do you want to follow it or not? The voice knows the truth. It knows...