Always There
She sits in her room by herself, all alone. In her hand she holds a picture of the only one who cared. A single tear slips down her cheek as she remembers his…
Do Not Follow In His Footsteps
There is always a way out, my friend, no matter how bleak the path seems. The rooftop will not console you, the pavement is not your escape. Do not listen to…
Falling
He trotted nearer to the edge, his small feet kicking rocks into the sea. He watched as they fell; like small comets raining from the sky. They seemed to take…
Those Long Winter Nights
Rows. Lines. Columns. It’s all adding up again, like some twisted equation that no one really knew the formula to, but memorized the night before.
It's Seasonal
I want to fill up a tub with warm soothing water And submerge myself I want to find a gun, load it with a bullet And play Russian Roulette. I want to pick up…
hollowed
in the empty room laid an empty gun, in the hands of a dead shell.
Just Jump
Black water below. I give into gravity. Icy death greets me.
ROPE
You look at me with daggers in your eyes Claws sharp and long and a mouth full of despise Did you mean to tie that rope around my throat? Good riddance goodbye…
Make Your Choice.
I was freezing in that fridge. I was untouched. I am thankful you got me. What? You are crying. What is wrong? Here, take a drink of me. I promise I will ease…
Ghosts of my past.
Words spilling onto a page as effortlessly as the blood that flowed from my thirteen year old wrists. My thoughts and ideas coming alive right in front of your…
Guilty Suicide
The words shone on the computer screen. A message to my blog, from an anonymous girl. Her name I did not know. I only knew her suffering. “Tonight I’m going to…
Road Less Traveled.
I play with fire. The fire is death, and the temptation courses deep in the synapses of my brain. There are numerous paths to travel on. The dirt road, it’s…
The Painting
It is the most famous work of art in the Gallery: a painting of a woman dressed in blue standing by the seashore, staring into the distance as the sun rises or…
False Gods
I plop down under the oak that used to bear my mother’s silhouette, back when Dad and I threw the ball after Sunday morning mass. Youthful watercolors streak…
Happy Anniversary
Happy anniversary Where ever you may be If you’re rotting in a hole Or if your ask lay by the sea Three summers past since I’ve seen you last Smoke carried…
American Roulette
The final two sat still at the table. The air in the warehouse was warm for an early spring night, but the events they both witnessed made their bodies much…
Necessary
The yellow lights flash without a sound above us, the sirens having long since been silenced. The hallways are empty, save for the growing sense of panic among…
Stone
I open my eyes. The horizon is glazed with the gray haze of dawn. Everything is suffused in this half-light. The taste of metal blossoms inside my mouth…
Living
It’s better than dying. During my blue period, when the first protean delights of immortality had passed, and I was left with the prospect of undying boredom…
Man in the Bowler Hat
At 1040, it was quite an appropriate time to consider suicide. Dusk or dawn might hold symbolic significance, or even rush hour. After all, that’s what his…