Ashes
I walk through the ruined city, deep in contemplation. Nearby, my squad leader surveys the result of my work, nodding satisfactorily. I can’t but feel sick…
Guilt
The fiery flame that jumps and spits Leaves bone-white ashes in its wake Passion wild that sears unfettered Leaves the heart to cringe and shake And while it…
They Said It Was Going Better
In the dark of the pod, Bondar stewed, helped in no small measure by the rising temperature. _Hadn’t the trial gone better? They showed me the vids. There were…
Supernatural Superstition
He doesn’t believe in ghosts, but he does believe in haunted places. Some towns, he can’t even visit, because it seems every street corner is inhabited…
Crimson Sky
“And Captain Crimson saves the day again, right Farid?” Hassan lifts his head, breaking into a grin. “He saves the day again.” I ruffle his hair gently. “Can I…
All in a minute
Blood gushed out her wound. Her clothes soaked all it could. The marble floor joined in changing its color too. Her eyes looked dead, they looked at peace. I…
Black Ops
I probably should feel bad about killing Hudhaifah Zakariyya Usamah. Guilt is a nonproductive emotion though. It serves no useful purpose for men like me…
Black Ops
I probably should feel bad about killing Hudhaifah Zakariyya Usamah. Guilt is a nonproductive emotion though. It serves no useful purpose for men like me…
Outside the Club
The rest of the day was a hedonistic blur that put my college benders to shame. Whole lifetimes’ worth of sin transpired in that confined space and time. To…
Fertile Ground for a Revolution
The seeds of discontent were scattered amongst partial manuscripts, crumpled into thick balls, files from the recycle bin, waiting to be trashed, scribbled…
So Why?
I’m not mute and I never got the boot or the belt, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t felt pain every now and again I don’t have any screws loose upstairs or any…
Parole
That cold, slow burning disease that never ceases to constrict my heart. guilt. I have it. There is not one hour, one minute, one second where I can forget…
Belie
This is pain as well, but it’s sharp, vivid; a momentary relief. Everything else fades to a buzz in the back of my head as I deal with the coppery tang, the…
Growing pains.
It’s a painful feeling. It’s like when I would tell my mom my ribs felt like they were breaking under my skin, to which she would reassure, “growing pains”…
One Option
I look at the lifeless figure sprawled out on the floor, then back at the gun in my hand. Suddenly, I realize the magnitude of my previous actions. My heart is…
On the foot of a mountain
Whilst considering the divorce of my birth parents I happened upon a wounded animal. The beast was laying in ditch, and it may have been a horse. At that…
Angry White Woman
I am angry, white woman. The guilt, it is killing me. A world hates me, white woman. The great white heritage, pain, shackling people to suffering, this…
Flying Fortunes
Everything was hazy, nebulous, ill-defined... But one thing was certain. She was here. She was alive. Everything seemed so delightfully mundane - a trip to the…
Versed Interrogation
I swear and I tell you, I’ve nothing to hide. Then I guess it won’t matter if I stand close behind? I guess not... - - - - - - - - - - _You falter, and…
Torment
originally published at 01:39AM on Sunday, November 25, 2007 The room is hot, the walls are wet, My forehead’s drenched with salty sweat, I struggle against…