The blinking cursor mocks me
Silently laughing across my screen
He knows I have nothing great
Nothing worth anything to share
I know he is smarter than I
For he never tries to be great
He only laughs and laughs across my page...
A story for Autumn
And her piercing amber eyes
That appear through in the afternoon
And disappear at dusk
A story of heartache
And cool frosty breezes
That send showers of leaves
On the heads of wanderers
A story of loses
That end in bare branches
And empty pockets
That lead to bristl...
Simplicity
comes slowly, but surely
It doesn't come
When it's sought out
It isn't wonderful
When it's everywhere
It is simply what it is
And simply isn't anything else...
My darling my dear what a wonderful day!
The wind’s blowing fierce ‘cross the town
Have you ever seen a sky that’s so perfectly gray?
Or wondered if clouds would ever break
The snow comes in spirals from every which way
Immersing the world in chilling sheets
With a day so great the...
Goodnight dear friend
Until another day
I'll see you with the sun
Goodnight dear friend
I bid a fond farewell
To the sunlight and to you
Goodnight dear friend
The sun has left us
The moon is creeping slowly
Goodnight dear friend
The world is dark
But do not have a fear
Good...
"You're doing it all wrong." She points out frankly.
"What would you know? I'm in charge anyway." I say, but find myself scribbling out the last paragraph of my notebook. I sigh. "How would you have me do it?"
She grins through her curtain of long black ...
She stared out over her world
Everything that she had ever known
The dark desolate landscape was unimpressive
Hard to believe it was just filled with light
Her world was safe and charming and not enough
The borders contained her too tightly
The sun never stayed long enough
And the moon was ...
And there it was, in that one moment. Everything was changed, ruined., in just one moment. We would’ve fixed it, we would’ve worked out. Until, this happened. I like to think it happened in slow motion, that it was really dramatic. It wasn’t. It happened in real time, which was about a split s...
She lowered herself on the piano stool, as gracefully as an elephant. To be graceful, she thought, one had to be slim and beautiful, both of those things she certainly was not. Regardless of whether she was right, she had never tried to be graceful, so she wasn't. She rested her hands on the wo...
“And there’s the head,” The doctor points to the large misshapen mass on the screen. “Do you want to know the gender?”
I shake my head, knowing the gender would only make it more real, I wouldn’t be able to stop myself from coming up with names and nursery colors. At least this way, i...
There’s a knock at the door. I should be doing science but my eyes keep wandering to the window. I rush from my room to the door, but my Mom cuts in front of me and opens the door. The heavy door swings open.
“Oh,” I can tell from her voice that she’s not happy. I try to peer over her sho...
“And how do you plea?”
“N-not guilty on all charges. Your honor.” I lean forward to speak into the microphone.
“Alright, let’s begin opening arguments.” The judge leans back in his chair, he’s fat and has a shiny bald head. I’d think he kind of remind of a Grandpa, if he wasn’t...
I remember you
From a long time ago
I was just a child
And you were just a girl
I remember the words
That you used to say
With a tear in your eye
And a cry in your soul
The more withered roses
Grow fairer in time
While the withered people
Fly away in the wind
Where the wind carries them
...
Gillian and I used to be best friends. We still hung out sometimes, but that was just through mutual friends. There was always an awkward smile in the hallway whenever we saw each other. We had just gone our separate ways in High school. Every year our High school had a big important musical concert...
She doesn't care for sunset
She doesn't care for dawn
She thinks that they are beautiful
But she likes the things beyond
Her hands are hard and callused
Her nose is far too big
But she has never seen her face
Except for in a mirror
She’s always hiding something
She always kn...
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