You make me want to sing.

You make me believe in happy endings.

MADE BY RACHEL SANDERFORD 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 101

You make me want to sing

And I’ve been told I can’t carry a tune

You make me want to cook

And I’ve tasted my food

You make me want to reach out and comfort you

And I’ve been called cold-hearted

You make me believe in happy endings

And I’ve only ever known tragedies

You scare me

And I don’t scare easy

But what you really do is

you don’t make me into anything

But who I was always meant to be

Who I always truly was

RACHEL SANDERFORD

My mother has asked me why I don’t write happy stories, but to me, they always end in some kind of happiness. I have a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Emerson College. Before Emerson I was with the New Orleans Writers Workshop. PAYPAL ME