She sat on the bench in the park. It was raining and the clouds were dark. Faint rumbles echoed in the distance from a direction that she couldn't discern. The storm clouds were heavy enough that the sun was but a memory to her and she'd honestly lost tra…

There’s nobody who knows as well as I

How stealthily dark thoughts will bruit and shove

The rational, the calmer ones; they lie

And whisper: “You’re not worthy of their love!”

.

And oh my dear, I know that this is true,

So venomous to both of us. Yo…

I handed my coupon to the receptionist who showed me to a room. I'd never visited a spa and was grateful for the privacy to undress and don the fluffy white towel that barely covered my vulnerability for the next 2 hours.

Dear Janey

I entered the saun…

My cell hadn't rang in days. I no longer cared where it was.

I lay looking at a wall four inches from my face trying not to think. The thin covers kept me warm enough and as I stared at the wall, committing my entire being into a single-hued landscape of…

Ryle sighed, never one for games. I made him wait a little longer before answering in earnest.

"Cerian is two years my senior. She has always been the sensible one. My brother is the eldest, but he was often too busy to be spending time with us, so Ceria…

The first had been a rock from the garden but it hadn't even quivered. The second had been a coin. The only thing it did was give off a noise like a muffled metallic scream. That shook me. For the third I chose a stick. It had twisted and curled, writhing…

Lust and infatuation

Hidden songs

Hugs hold too long

Dripping honey voices

Electric smiles

3 AM texts

Who cares what's next?

Silence

Secrets

Senses

Sullen

Complexities

Personalities

History

Warnings

Belated answers

Doubts like cancer

Sleepless nig…

In the past, it had always been an acknowledgement-in-the-abstract that hope and despair are two sides of the same coin. But it is far more vivid, visceral and horrifying to have the truth of the thing.

I looked back, previously, and regretted the presen…

Nick goes flying, spinning and bleeding, through the train. He passes through walls and seats and hull.

He's flailing around, twisting and turning in blind panic. He can see the train and the station, but he's in void. Air rushes out of his lungs violentl…

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Somber mind,

Endless nights,

When will end,

I’m losing sight -

Breaking away,

From the chains,

Never thought I could,

But here I am.

Emotionless,

Distraught,

Hopeless...

Does it get better,

Or does it get worse?

Stuck in this house,

Stuck in this bed..…

When a human silhouette appeared in a doorway to their left, Newkirk was quick to react. He raised an arm and gathered a firebolt to throw -

Osterley gently but very firmly pushed his arm down.

"Silvertown, I presume."

Lowering the lengthy shape of a B…

Have you ever wanted to fly?

Well let me tell you how to jump.

The weightless and dragging feeling.

When will the wind catch?

Do I want a bird, plane or Aladdans carpet to catch me?

Which could save this moment?

I didn’t want to fall through air, but soar…

It's time I made a different kind of move.

I'll go pursue my int'rests and forget

That I have duties here. I seek a diff'rent groove

Than I have heard before. There's promise yet!

It’s time to come back, it’s time to come home

I’ll find my way home to Brockton

Though I’ve been away for ever so long,

I think I’ll return to Brockton

With Brockton I’m safe, I’m not misunderstood

It’s never my fault, I’m loved ‘cos I’m good

With Brockt…

Three weeks ago, my brother died. Three weeks ago, I stopped raising my hand in class. Three weeks ago, I became lost in the background where no one would look for me. Or so I thought.

Today, I got a pass in study hall.

I'd gotten at least one a wee…

I wake up to my phone ringing. My first thought: Oh, hell! Am I late for work? Again?

The next sound I notice is the shower running. Good. If my wife, Mari, is in the shower, I'm in good shape. That bit of stress off my mind, I reach out from under the…

The coach receded into the night. Heartbeat slowing from its frantic pace, I suddenly felt the weariness of the day settle onto my shoulders at last. I had been granted a reprieve at Master Lorenz's knock, and no more.

It's a silly dream, I told myself…

I don't much care just what we do,

So long as Anna's tight with Roo;

I'm always sure to love the view

Our friendship's strong, and we are going out!

We've chatted long and learned the way

To interact, share thoughts, and say

The words the other needs…

I am a bottle of chaos.

All shook up from life.

The day to day,

Just adding more to the mixture.

Never feeling good enough,

I am the worst in my own eyes.

.

But when I look in your eyes,

The chaos silences.

I am out at sea,

Lost by the feeling of peace,

F…

There is ten minutes 'til my train's departure.

There is a man bathing in the bathroom sink.

There is a wet spot on my pocket; I don't know how it got there.

There is room enough for all of us anywhere we go.

There are blotches of orange paint on my watch…

It started when she finally felt good enough to go on a date with a new guy. It was a nice evening and she felt alive again. When she looked at her phone after returning home, there was a text from him. "Why are you going on dates? You shouldn't be go…

I'm going to meet my friend tonight

When we hold hands, my heart's so light

I'll kiss his face and hug him tight--

My pulses race just thinking of our date.

For months uncounted, it has been

My dearest wish, though still unseen,

To bravely ask, with…

Trissa walked through the pouring rain. She was getting soaked, but it was hard to care.

She stepped under an overhang, finally taking a moment to relax. She unzipped her jacket, and carefully removed the poor broken mess inside. Her heart was in so many …

The cyan girl struggled to no avail. "Please don't, I didn't do anything to you!"

"I told you it's not personal." She raised her scythe into the air to strike, before being blasted off by lilac energy.

The cyan girl immediately scrambled to another ro…