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• Fiction > Romance
  Do You Love Me?

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  We were growing apart, and it scares me. You were caught up in your work - going from place to place, finding inspiration for your art - and I was left to fend off the world alone. I resented you for that, but you never seemed to notice. Now you dragged me across the country to your gallery op...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Windows to Your Soul

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Eyes are the windows to your soul; windows that see and feel. But you cover your eyes; what do you hide? Show me how you feel what you see, Let me look through the windows to your soul...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  With Their Sadness

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Misery and depression, is like an illness. Those who suffer we avoid in the halls and on the street. We know they are in pain, and we want to help, but we distance ourselves from them; in fear that we will be infected, with their sadness....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Deep Blue

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Our fingers loosely held together; yours and mine we lay curled in the moss, our legs intertwined Sparks danced slowly in the deep, deep blue of your eyes and I knew I was gonna love you, till the day I died...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  We Were All Friends

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  I like to remember when we were all friends. We had each others backs, our secrets weaving us all together I remember you whispering: “Childhood is temporary, but friends are forever.” I wanted to believe that. And I did, for a while. Then somehow, somewhere, a dark spot fo...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Walk A Thin Line

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  My whole life, I’ve been told: “Stay in school.” “Listen to adults.” “Sit, Stay.” “Good girl.” and “Don’t do drugs.” Yes, I’ve wondered what it’s like, taking that one smoke. That one drink. Will it be like my mother tells me, when she wants me to try so...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Remember...?

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Do you remember... Remember, that little pigtail girl with a little grey tooth? Remember, that little angel girl that brought you little flowers? She was your little baby. What happened to that little girl? She grew up, Remember? And she is no longer a little pigtail girl. ...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Racing The Wind

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  My therapist and I had a game we played. We looked deep into each other's eyes, daring the other to break the silence. Whoever spoke first lost. I never lost. Today was different, though. As soon as I walked into his office, I noticed his usually flawless windows were covered with thick curta...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Spirits in the Woods

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  They watched me from the woods Like spirits they moved, just whispers in the wind Golden eyes followed me there was no escape I fell into the snow, strength failing me They circled none coming close But then one braved a step out into the open It lowered it great head and d...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  White

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Cold. Everything was so cold. My body was floating; floating in white. A blinding white wrapped me in its embrace. It was comforting. No pain, no fatigue, just white. Then I was falling, slowly, drifting back to Earth....
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Bird Heart

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Who knew I would find love, on a public bus? I didn’t. That’s what made it a magical - in a way. It was summer and I was ready to get home. I remember, the squealing of brakes, and the muffled curses as we all stumbled. Then he boarded. He said: “I’m s...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Man In A Suit

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  You woke with a snake of dread churning in your gut. Goose flesh covered any exposed skin and shivers raked your body. Something was wrong, that much you knew. What exactly was wrong was the answer that evaded you. Slowly, you pushed yourself into sitting position. The creaking of your mattre...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  Dead Are My Eyes

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  I am dead maybe this is for the best nothing can hurt me now Dead are my eyes my mind everything Your words no longer sting your fists no longer bruise me I feel nothing I’ve learned not to hope not to dream not to feel...
• Hot Topics > Bullying
  Survive

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  I go through life with my head held high sometimes it seems that's that only way to stay alive The mocking stings the words bite sometimes I start to wonder should I give up this fight? But now you see my lips tremble and my knee’s start to grow weak I know I may not survive t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  The Candle and The Whistling Wind

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  High up above, the wind whistled by and far down below, a woman cried Her husband had marched off to war, to fight far off, on the northern shore Before he left for years to come, be brought his wife a gift, in silk finely spun He gave her a candle, with a note that read: "Light t...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Willow and Oak

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  She was the Willow and he was the Oak she bent under pressure; he stood tall against the storm her world needed strength and his needed weakness but no matter how flexible, or sturdy the Willow will one day snap, and the Oak will fall to the winds because everyone, and everything...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  My Heart

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  I gave my heart to a boy with a silver tongue I should have thought but i was foolish, I was young He wove a world of his words and of what he thinks I know I shouldn't listen, but when he holds me, my heart sinks He made me believe that I was all he needed But when ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Changed

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  You have changed; I have too, but not as much as you. Closer than sisters were we, closer than mother and child. But now, I no longer recognize you. Or who we once were together. I there something that I don't see? Have you moved on from me? I thought we were on the ...
• Fiction > Thriller/Mystery
  Girl in the Mirror

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  My fingers glided across the smooth, reflective surface of the mirror. Faint smudges were the only sign that I had even touched it. Light from the slim window behind me filtered through my mother’s floral curtains, making my rebellious hair turn gold. My hand unconsciously went up to smooth down m...
• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Chemistry

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  I hate the library. The smell of desperation - and maybe death, Mrs. Dell has moved since I got here twenty minutes ago - hung like a cloud. Several student were crammed around ancient computers getting late work done and printing essays that should have been printed last night. Their shadows fr...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Breaking

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  I feel it my mask it's breaking Everything I’ve tried to hide it's slipping The truth of how I feel is showing I’m sorry dear please forgive my feelings But you need to know I'm dying You’re blind to ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Pretend

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Lets play pretend, just like the days when we were younger. Lets pretend everything is okay. Lets pretend that no one suffers from hunger, or abuse. Lets pretend everyday is a blank sheet. Lets pretend that the scars aren’t there. Lets pretend me and you was alright. Lets pret...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Curiosity

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  There once was a cat named Curiosity And this Is how he died He fell on A rock And his head went KER-PLOCK And now We're digging A grave......
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Elegy for Anne Frank

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Once you had written about how you felt like a caged bird, with her wings broken; flinging yourself against the bars. You never guessed your end or how soon it came. Before you had even begun to live. But even the world filled with evil and hate, you clung to this ribbon of hope. This ribbo...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Cover My Eyes

  

  By J-punzle27, Scottsburg, IN

  Cover my eyes So I can’t see the tortured So I won’t see the hungry or sick So I don’t see the pain or the tears Cover my eyes Cover my ears So I can’t hear the screams So I won’t hear the sobs or moans So I don’t hear the breaking bones or the twisted laughs Cove...