Introduction

My name is Gabrielle Rose Pimentel

But everyone calls me Gwen

My mom wanted to name me Gaby

But my dad insisted that my nickname should come from their names

So I got the G from grace and the WEN from Wendell and formed Gwen

I have 4 moles on my face and a ton more on my body

One eye is smaller than the other

I have dimples on my fingers

I like to connect my moles

My hands have caught so much pain, they are blistered

My shoulders swelling from the weight of the world

My feet red from running around in circles trying to figure out what I did wrong

And yes, I have a double chin

I can get pretty random

From the pyramids of giza to why does soap bubble?

I’ve loved and it is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced

It takes you on this rocket ship into the void

And it makes you feel like all the shooting stars are falling for you

But with love comes hurt

I’ve been hurt and I’ve learned

That the more i try to stop the bleeding, the more it goes

So I let it bleed, and I allow myself to feel the pain

I feel things very deeply and

every feeling is either a bandage to a wound or a punch in the stomach

I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse

I’ve been careless, I am learning

I walk on the glass shards of life barefoot, hoping that the wounds teach me a lesson

As if the blood on my feet carry the answers to my biggest questions

I am just 15 years old

My eyes wide as the universe, ever expanding, ready to see all there is to see

My brain, eager like a little child at the ice cream store, wanting to taste every flavor there is

I am at the peak of my own age of exploration

Waiting for my marco polo moment, when suddenly everything will be clear

Do questions have legs? Because a ton of them run through my mind

Do aliens exist? Is God real? Are there really mermaids? Can dogs feel? Do plants talk? How big is the universe? Is everything real or merely a dream? Why is there poverty? Is there a cure for cancer? Why do bad things happen to good people? Is there any hope left in this world? Will my questions ever be answered?

If life was a new movie everyday,

I would be at the front row

I wanted to see everything that was about to happen

I would stare at it all day in fear that if I looked away I would’ve missed my prince charming

I will obsess over every detail, trying to figure out what it means

And this is probably why its good that life doesn’t have a movie

It’s the uncertainity of it all that makes life so special

It gives you the choice whether you want to embrace it

Or let it hold you captive and paranoid of whats about to happen

In my case, I learned that I should just let life go and take its natural course of action

Never mess with the universe because the universe is beyond our imagination

We think we’re so important