Resignation
Meg managed to land a kick on the blonde’s shoulder as she jumped out the window. She hit the ground running faster than she ever had, clenching her jaw and…
Wayward Embraces
There’s black, there’s white, and everything in between. Dark thoughts and dirty desires sometimes seem so clean. The logic is flawless, maybe raw but rational…
Choose your own adventure!
Beep beep beep beep be*SLAM* Jeremiah’s fist became intimately acquainted with the recently functional alarm clock, enjoyed a brief fling, and then broke her…
Repayment
A bed of Shimeji mushrooms was a perfect place to rest at the end of the day. The tops rolled like clouds across the ground, a nap here could melt anybody’s…
Choice of Heart
Brad watched It light a cigarette with the ground. “Why am I here?” Brad asked. It raised what might have been an eyebrow. “Isn’t that obvious? You didn’t--“…
Breaking free.
I stand here, looking down from the bridge to the swirling dark waters below and wonder, what did I do wrong? What did I do that made life unbearable, friends…
Fear and Choices
With a flick, the shovel handle flew into the sky. Gracefully she leaped backwards and up, smiling all the while. All I could do was shimmy the rest of the way…
Laughing Eyes
My vision swam strangely. I looked up at the sky; it was a vivid dark purple... like looking at a photo taken at night that had been overexposed. It was night…
The Will to Live
I started to turn my head. “I wouldn’t.” The voice sounded seductive and playful. And very clearly female. I felt a stab of anger at that, as if it somehow…
I Eat Meat.
And I haven’t really questioned that. Don’t get me wrong- I like meat. I knew that animals have to die in order for me to eat meat. And I didn’t think twice…
Choice
Sitting on the beach, arms stretched out behind me for support, fingers squished in the sand as I stare out at the rolling waves and crashing ice-caps. The day…
Final Decision
----------------- One of us had to die. So it was her, then me.
Journal Entry 6-Apr-2010
I’m not entirely sure what to think about last night. So, last night while I’m trying to get to sleep, this really tall elf thing steps out of my closet. My…
Who Will He Choose?
“We will let him pick who he loves most. But whoever he doesn’t pick, must not continue to go after him. OK?” Sae said. “OK,” Inu replied. But how could he…
Further (a villanelle)
Wondering quietly how far I should go and how many signposts are there on the way, I feel for the map of my heart and I know its more crumpled edges are…
The Final Soul
“No one would ever expect to find it in a plain old jar. Seriously, look at it. There used to be strawberry Smuckers in it. It’s perfect.” He couldn’t believe…