JINX!
Silence. I never expected that. At first I thought nothing had happened, that it hadn’t worked, but as the sound of bullets and bombshells waned and died and…
Test Time
Semi-silence punctuated by melodic scratches of graphite on crisp white A4, slight sighs, and soft moans of defeat. An occasional hand tentatively reaches…
Silence Will Save Us All
Painted histories triumph over your stories. The words that fall out of a crooked mouth that usually seeps and teems with others’ limbs is now babbling through…
Safety in Silence
There is safety in silence. I enjoy silence. I don’t enjoy it because I despise conversation, or I dislike people. Silence protects me from myself. It rescues…
326, 49, short book. bugger.
“...” silence swirled around the room like an angry snake, coiled to spring. There she sat, blinking politely, her head tilted slightly to the left in a…
Pain
The recipe is simple. A sour friendship, a torn heart. Heavy bleeding. The only way to staunch the flow is to compress the heart. The heart solidifies, now a…
Utter Silence
Our world is extremely noisy. People are bombarded with auditory interference almost every single moment of their waking lives. The daily assault has become so…
Saturday, January 7th
There is a house party in the midst of a wild crescendo raging all around me. Sounds are strangely muted however; the only sensation is of the air vibrating…
Dancing With The Devil Himself
I watch the man in the doorway silently, my mouth gaping open from shock. The man suddenly flicks his wrist at me and the black smoke clamps over my wrist. It…
The Gift of Death
Soft whispers echo in the hallway. They grow louder and the voices are hauntingly eerie. Black smoke slithers through a crack in the doorway, nearing the bed…
Quieter Than Silence
It’s that noise again. It grates against my sanity, flickering flames against the sounds of my mind. It’s always here. It cannot be stopped, lest the sound…
On Silence [haiku]
Your eyes hold secrets That whisper in the spaces Between breath and hope. ---------------- Solitary bird Perched upon a linden tree Sings what I cannot.
Mirror
No one thought to apologize to me. Then again, I wonder if I could blame them, since I always show it like it is. I have wished things could be different…
We drove home in silence
We drove home in silence. Not total silence, the banter of the afternoon radio hosts was softly drifting out of the speakers, but we hadn’t said a word to each…
Have Done
Alone, awake, and one day late Tryin’ to find another way To build a bridge and make you stay Sweat and toil the price I pay Just to fail and watch you walk…
A Letter To Mr. Persaud
As we sat there, only the awkward silence pierced through the room; all of us just waiting. Waiting for sound. None of us knew it at the time, but we had all…
She said... No
“I told my daughter about you.” the words fell off her tongue slowly, she watched his face with every syllable for signs of discomfort or unusual movement. He…
Between Water And Air
Glass dull shark eyes. Silence settles In the still of her stare. Beach pebbles Ripple between the water and air-- She sways beneath Breaching the surface with…
Things I Do at Night
Beth walks between Julius and Marshall. A night at the beach, the end of a beautiful day. Nothing lost between two young lovers. Their world is infinitely…
I hear no silence
The A.C. hums as I first rise from sleep. Off to the living room where the remote immediately demands cool from the window unit. I hear no silence. My laptop…