Lifetime Inspiration
UC Berkeley is an intellectually challenging school to say the least. If you’re like me and don’t have parents to financially support you, this being before…
Remain Still
Black thoughts on a starless night with no clouds. I lie awake, haunted by words that were once uttered to me. That darkens my memory like thick shrouds. The…
Kindling
The idea sprang from nothing, naked and half-developed, a spark of invention coursing through the man’s synapses at the speed of light. Every neuron it touched…
It's Gone
I gaze into my mirror, yet what I see I cannot believe, is that really me? I do not see the greatly shining light That, once in another time, gleamed bright…
Hazy Mess Song
You sit down, with paper and pen, You try to write, all the thoughts in your head, But they never seem- To come out right. You wish that, It would all make…
Beauty and Elegance
Colors, sounds, feelings, they all have one thing in common.They are art. No matter how big or small or how dull or bright art is art. It is a skill only some…
Almost
She sat, quiet and alone - the faint glow of a computer screen illuminating her worn features. Some said the world would end today, others said it was just…
Muse
Two-hundred, thousand years is a long time to hold the same job. To live with one mistake. Even He can’t be so ignorant as to deny the change in all things…
Into the Stars...
“Sweetie, why are you out here naked?” It wasn’t unusual to find Lydia outside staring at the stars but this time she was naked and that was definitely odd…
Nothing Yet
Good god your predicament describes mine to a tee. I sit in front of a bright screen fingers cold from lack of movement itching to fly across the lettered…
Inspiration
I sit here at my desk lacking inspiration. My eyes dart over the cluttered walls of my room, looking for something - anything- that will spark some kind of…
To write, perchance to hallucinate
She sighed and rubbed her exhausted eyes after she crossed out another disappointing dialogue from her notebook. The clock had announced that it was past…
If I Had a Heart
crushed and filled with all I found underneath and inside I’m alone. if I had a voice I would sing betray my life for those with breath. if I had a heart I…
Lost Inspiration
I could write something beautiful here. Something profound, something worth while. I could write something that comes from my heart. Something that’s poetic…
Beware the Button of Inspiration
Inspiration. It was a button I hit when I was bored or desperate, a crutch that went unused though not for a lack of trying. I assumed that it would never…
Name That Tune, Conclusion
Martill had long ago become tired of straining his voice to order the final attack. His men knew the signal flare, and boomed forth off the ridgeline and down…
Name That Tune, Part 4
“Vann? How rich am I?” The question was a ritual. “You have wealth unequaled, sir. Of all freelords of the king, you have the most spoils and been given the…
Name That Tune, Part 3
Vann, his lieutenant, signaled to the unit leaders to double-time. It was their standard raid deployment - used to terrify. If a commander wanted to win…
Name That Tune, Part 2
He used his axe as a walking staff for the march from his halls, but now the strength of light coming from above the next rise hearkened to the arrival at his…
Name That Tune, Part 1
He had walked thirty miles to kill a man. Martill strode firmly across the dale, but his eyes were tired and he had no smile nor gleam for his men. They bore…