Introductions
Something happened to the both of us. Maybe we became different people. Maybe we just drifted apart. Maybe we both made promises to ourselves to never let the…
Standing Up Again
I shake off the grief from last night and set out on an expedition to find my abandoned cellphone. After about five minutes, I find it huddled inside one of my…
I think I'd prefer a hurricane
The gentle waves of sleep evade me because of you. You are a storm keeping me up at night, fueled by the winds of my insecurities. You throw my thoughts around…
Pedestal
You stood on a pedestal, just beyond my reach. You made me feel inferior, rotten, forgotten. I longed for any sign of your affection and sometimes you gave it…
The Fox and The Field Mouse cont
The fox poked his head in to greet the mouse Sending squeaking chickens right out of the house The tiny mouse shuddered in fright Wearing his chainmail, the…
The Fox and The Field Mouse
A fox in the hen house Frightens the little field mouse He only wants a friend you see To play pretend, have fun, be free Relating to the other foxes Has…
Almost as Much as Yourself
Think through it before you hop to it. I know that you are searching for somebody to tell you what to do. But just for this moment, be without direction and…
please
life without you is not a life worth living please stay even if only for me I need you I need you more than you will ever need me but please just stay
16
So, here’s to being sixteen. Here’s to crying my eyes out and slashing my wrists one night, and to blasting music with the windows rolled down the very next…
Emergence
You take my hand. You pull. I emerge. In time we see little reason not to hold one another. We look at the wall and we can see my former chamber. We cannot see…
The book
In a small, moldy room at the bottom of the Christ Church, Mr. Andrews was going to be teaching a class. It wasn’t like the rest of his classes; those were all…
The book
In a small, moldy room at the bottom of the Christ Church, Mr. Andrews was going to be teaching a class. It wasn’t like the rest of his classes; those were all…
A Fresh Start
She spotted him from underneath the protection of the porch. His little pick up truck never looked so inviting as it did tonight. The rain refused to stop so…
Three-Word Prompt: Love, heart, roses Part 2/3
The next month was May, a fine sunny time, and Thad seemed to forget about most everything else, to look at him. I’d walk past Thyme street and always see him…
Skittles
Once upon a time, there was a girl who met a guy. The first few days were nice, the next three years weren’t as great. Then one day while sitting and arguing…
enmity, coffee, shadow Part 2/2 (Three-Word Prompt challenge)
This life’s got *”emnity”* on the label. You put the coins onto the table You stand up, a bit unstable You haven’t answered. Am I able To let you leave without…
enmity, coffee, shadow Part 1/2 (Three-Word Prompt challenge)
Let’s put our *enmity* aside Share some *coffee*, say good night Sit in the shadows here with me It’s something like we used to be We used to sit like this…
It Was A Good Night
We drove down the highway, flying by street lamps shaped like dewdrops at top speed. Laughing merrily, we twisted and turned through old neighborhoods and lost…
I will start, since this was my idea.
Dear You, I know it was wrong to sleep with your boyfriend. In my defense, you also had a girlfriend. You had plenty of lovers to go around. My mother had just…
Sophia
I confess with red eyes hidden behind despair clenched fists, it is my fault she’s gone. Life with her at my side was so easy, so pleasantly bearable. She sat…