Stories tagged “UNREQUITED”

  • 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