Tension
“What are you thinking about?” he asks me and I stare at him wide eyed for a second wanting to say, “I’m thinking about work and how maybe it’s not going to…
The End of The Beginning
It should be raining. The world should stop. Every being on this earth should stop what he or she is doing and join everyone in a planet-wide moment of…
Stepping Forward.
“I cant believe her. How could she treat me like this? ...How could I let her treat me like this....... UGHHH! I’ll be so glad once I’ve finally settled in at…
Magenta
“He doesn’t do this at home.” The mother sat, frustrated, angry, at the end of her rope. Facing her was the teacher, frazzled, frustrated, also unsure of what…
A Quiet Life
“Hey, Denton, you okay?” “Is he dead?” “Nah, look. His eye is twitching.” “Anybody see what happened to Denton? Anybody? Hello? Anyone awake in here?” “No…
Of Dough and Dreams
“Hello, friend.” I didn’t raise my head to acknowledge the voice. There wasn’t any way that someone could be there. Therefore this had to be a dream or…
Unsatisfied
My mornings are conducted in silence more often than not (with you still tangled up in your bedsheets when I rise to greet the dawn). Little wisps of your hair…
Heated arguments
I sit in the stillness of the room. All is quiet albeit the distant whispers of voices. The air still cool from the night consoles me, a sanctuary of vigilant…
Mean Memes
I logged into the internet last night, like I have done many nights before. I frowned, my eyes growing dark at what I saw there. People say internet bullying…
Jarred
The bug, trapped in a jar, flies buzzing loudly as it bounces off the glass. Though its effort is erratic, frantic, its effort’s awarded with only a faint…
Childish
“GOD! You’re SO CHILDISH!” I feel a hot bubble pop silently in my chest. It’s been almost a month now, dealing with this awkward situation. I say awkward. I…
Pessimist's retreat.
Maybe it’s because I’m pessimistic And I’ve got no patience. Or because I’m no good At holding a conversation. Or because I feel guilty About being short…
Ladies In Vials
Sometimes, I forget to take the medication prescribed to me by the lovely doctor from down the hall. The walls wiggle like jello, and the people moving past me…
Skinned Alive
I am both enticed and terrified of the scent of the hunter. It lingers in the vast oblivion I lost myself in when you began your chase. I cannot walk a mere…
Now, Don't You Dare
My heart dropped to my shoes. My eyes are grey instead of blue. I haven’t been the same. I don’t want to play this fucking game. Those eyes haunt my dreams…
The Corpse of a Girl.
Anger rippling through me like a fucking tidal wave. I feel it’s sharp talons digging into my chest. I can’t see or breathe anything except the abundance of…
Pissed At Asparaguses
Oh spare us Of our bright yellow pee, Asparagus, you nefarious little careless... Hey! And why the hell does it have to smell so funny!?
Admitting
“Are you,” Charlie paused. His dad finished for him. “Angry? Do you want me to be?” “I don’t know. You’re the dad.” This emptied the car. The temperature…
And Here You Go, Again
Round round round the merry-go-round you go, so many times the wet warm splashing to a halt with a connate slap in cold fluorescent glare and laughter at baby…
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
In the white hot incandescence of anger, your thing we call soul like moth to streetlight, away from death hanging on to that lashing frail thread of…