Stories tagged “UNREQUITED”
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Cages
I stepped of the Rail and dropped down to street level. Anticipation quickened my steps. My presence triggered storefronts auto-advertisements causing neon signs to pop into view. Swatting off a nude model offering discount massages, I crossed a street gr…
Posted 7 years ago -
Nightmare Without End, Amen
It's a nightmare to see you. If I catch a glimpse of you without warning, my heart gives a panicked lurch, like a frightened cat trying to bolt every which way at once. Yet I placed you on the face of my phone so that anytime I use it, I see you smiling, …
Posted 7 years ago -
Coming Down
When I woke, I found my body folded up around my stomach like a clam. That was where a hardening pearl of pain thundered, building pressure I couldn't ignore even while unconscious. My brain tried to get a sense of my surroundings at the same time as anot…
Posted 7 years ago -
The Fear of Isolation
Messenger dings again, the three inside the bubble becoming a four.
She wants to talk and still I don't want to bother her. Because I love her and I know she doesn't love me. She's reaching out for the first time in years. I don't want to fail her but wh…
Posted 7 years ago -
Glenwick Lane
All roads lead to Glenwick Lane.
They led there because of her. The only women in Ireland I ever truly loved.
I never thought she loved me though. At least not as truly.
I spent wakeful night with my mind on her, comforted only by the Guinness in my gl…
Posted 8 years ago