Floating In The Local Pool
I promised myself that this summer wouldn’t suck. I had no job this year, and my best friend, Justin, made me promise that we’d have fun this summer--real fun…
Thoughts - They Drown (Part 2)
Pains, heartache - Can’t change the past - This counterfeit happiness just won’t last. Spinning in circles, making me nauseous - Not letting you hold me - I…
Thoughts - They Drown (Part 1)
So close, yet so far - Always wishing on that star. Always up, never down - Yet I feel as though I’ll drown. My lovely exterior may seem placid - But my mind…
Paper Weight
It’s strange. For a moment it felt like I was standing outside my body. Like I was me, and her, and some sort of neutral observer at the same time. Maybe it…
Papers: What the Camera Saw
A woman enters what seems to be her office and sees papers everywhere. Before even thinking of getting angry, she hears her co-worker’s screams under them.
Papers: The New Girl
I hear the sound of the door opening, and I feel like the sky’s opening, although I wouldn’t see it anyways. But my desperate pleas for help are drowned. Who…
Papers: The Girl Who's Always Been There
The first thing I see when I enter *my* office is papers. Everywhere. And, coming from somewhere in the room, my co-worker’s drowned scream. Drowned in paper.
Last Unanswered Question
I took a deep breath, and plunged my head under. The cool water was soothing, the green-brown a safety net. I looked for myself. Where was I? Images flashed…