I have found myself considering a rather odd scenario. I thought to myself, what if, instead of an even chance, boys were a fourth as likely to be born as girls? This prospect was remarkably curious to me and I began to ponder what that might have brought about throughout the course of history. Sure...
Recently I’ve been pondering whether or not I could be a politician. I’m not particularly interested in the career choice, but the complexities of the question drew me into the consideration. In the end, I decided that it would be impossible, for I would have to choose whether to be a Democrat o...
January 13, 2013
Dear Ray Bradbury,
I’m sorry, Mr. Bradbury. I was just a few months too late in reading your book Fahrenheit 451. Were I still fifteen and your death not yet come, I would be sending this letter to you directly. I have pondered to myself many times that at every moment, nearly...
Here this sick and lonely world,
Only seeks to ail me.
Rotten hearts and broken souls,
Eat up all my time.
Troubled minds doth run their mouths,
'Til mine ears do fail me.
Silence now does fill my heart,
Echo in my mind....
Ijemaru sat at his kitchen table in his apartment, eating a bowl of cereal before he left for work. He'd already had several occasions to test out his Shinigami eyes and he found their power... satisfying. Not only would he know the names of people just by looking at them, but he'd be able...
Keep me warm; I’m frightened.
The sun has gone away.
How lives a lonely maiden,
Who lives without the day?
Hark, be that dawn breaking?
No, 'tis but a jest.
What sort of night be holy,
That keeps me from my rest?
Nature loves to smite me,
To keep away the light,
And without my sa...
I will hold you in my hand,
Like a fallen rain drop.
'Try and catch me if you can.'
'You are mine alone.'
Water dripping down my arm,
You will not escape me.
Catch you 'fore you come to harm,
Still you run away.
You wish to be free of me?
Water you are foolish.
...
Ijemaru was kicked back on his bed, writing the names of American criminals in his Death Note (it brought him a strange, sadistic satisfaction to claim the same types of victims as the original Kira), when he was rudely interrupted. All of a sudden he saw some sort of demonic creature in his room. T...
So much time,
Wasting away,
As I sit and watch the world go by.
All my dreams,
Lost as I wake,
And my wings too heavy to learn to fly.
Secret hopes,
Cradled in hand,
Splutter as I try to light them.
Destiny is,
As destiny can,
Shy not, fear not; frighten....
A few days earlier Ijemaru had been working late and was trusted with closing up the office. When you work for a newspaper it's a big deal to be given such a task. People are often trying to sneak into newspaper offices because of it's computers and records. They had almost as much access ...
I hear there's a place—
way off in the distance—
where the sun shines red,
yet the nighttime never ends.
The grass is black, and air is heavy, and things stalk in the night.
Why, such a horror tapestry could show a demon fright.
If there is a place to be, god hope it isn't h...
War is war—I'm aware;
I see that it's everywhere.
Time, and still, time again,
War can never ever end.
War's where we express ourselves,
Where we show our might.
Ever heard of “dig and delve”?
Lift your sword and fight!
Why just throw a verbal fit?
Peek into war...
Poor unfortunate souls;
My heart weeps for you,
My chest heaves for you.
Bought, forgotten, and sold;
Trashed by everyone,
All you've done, undone.
Angels, birthed from the light:
You should be adored,
Yet you're still ignored.
Always, you've had to fight.
You're ...
I am me, that is all.
Love me, hate me, stand me.
Raise me high, watch me fall;
You cannot command me.
Take my hand, lead the way.
Guide me, pull me, drag me.
Save the moon, save the day;
you won't reprimand me....
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