It's just so peculiar
How I see my same brown eyes
Whenever I look at you
Maybe I'm a rose and you're a tulip
The same bees come buzz and titter
Around our separate gardens
In the backyard
A tree grows
Strong bark, gentle leaves
Eventually, the sun sets
Somehow, our tr...
Plink.
I hit the key.
The beginning.
Just what I need.
I hit a few more keys
As my melody begins
The clock ticking
My heart beating
I feel this.
I toy with a couple chords
Like a scientist,
Playing with his chemicals
Searching, searching for that perfect reaction
I play faster and...
The walls and floor are gray.
It is almost late-9:30 PM.
Other campers are watching The Sandlot
But he says he needs to talk.
He says to me:
“When I look into your eyes,
I see...nothing.”
His face appears so kind,
Staring back at me are his two blue oceans.
My heartbeat ceases, I am...
The shell must crack open.
Stapled shut by a shattered soul
Nails pierce through the exterior
Black duct tape hides battered bruises.
The shell must crack open.
The hard outside is streaked with red war paint
Bloody battles have been here.
Perhaps the wounds will never heal.
The shell mu...
Laura was laying in her bed. It was ten AM, making it seventeen days and fourteen hours since Rick had left. Left her alone in her bedroom, her apartment, alone in New York City.
It wasn't like she was a little girl, abandoned. She was twenty years old. She had a steady job and knew how to ...
It all started far too long ago.
A rose is clipped, for evil pleasure.
The bright red slowly darkens into morbid darkness.
The rose is dry, the petals crumble and fall.
The rose sprouted new leaves before its death.
A stronger one grew into a full flower.
She grew a large bush
Only for the ...
Summer
I am so happy, so carefree. I laugh and love. The sun is bright and positive. It coats my skin with a layer of bronze. All my friends are around me. This time is perfect. There are no deadlines, no stressors, just fun times I will remember forever. Blast up the music and get me some sunscree...
Stella awoke at 6:00 A.M. She groaned and turned off her alarm. She laid in bed, thinking for a moment. Maybe today will be a good day. She got out of bed and stumbled into the shower. The water ran down Stella's back, stinging the scars on her vertabrae. She gasped from the pain and flinched. ...
Saidah and Nathan went to the field of poppies. The flowers were bright red, winking at the two young adults.The air swirled around them, waiting, watching, wishing. Her blonde wavy hair flowed down her back, like a sweet river, so desirable, but if you stepped in, you'd get all muddy and stick...
You are the fire that keeps me warm at night
The everlasting flame that makes me strong
You're the scarlet light that lights up my life
The element, the bright florescent song.
You are the water that will hydrate me.
The hydrogen and oxygen I need.
Your endless boundaries keep my mind cl...
I thought I would be okay. After two weeks of grief counseling, a funeral, flowers, and eating nothing but what the neighbors brought over, I thought I could make it through a day of school. Guess I was wrong.
Biology, fourth period. We were studying genetics. Man plus woman equals offspring with...
I sit on the kitchen floor, bottle in hand. This bottle will take me away, out of this world, to somewhere better. A place where the bad is distorted and the good is enhanced. The bottle feels so heavy. Full of liquid, a liquid that keeps me from going crazy. Sometimes it burns a little bit going do...
See it.
A person wrapped in the fetal position
Door slightly creaked, a small hope
Pale skin and sad eyes
A single tear falls.
Hear it.
It speaks a quiet “Hello?”
A voice so small, nearly miniscule
Others hear
And hear nothing.
Touch it.
It feels like titanium, so hard and cold
C...
Taylor Anne
His silence, his silence, his silence. His silence is all I can think about. Somehow I never knew. I saw him every day, his thin, tall frame. His sad eyes, bright blue with this sense of darkness. I saw him every day and thought nothing of it. I didn't know him. I friended him on...
Where did you go?
I see you
But I don't know where you are.
There's nothing left of you.
I can no longer feel
What you used to be.
What happened to your sense of humor?
The fun and the movie quotes?
Why is it I can no longer bear to look at you?
Don't let this take you ...
Marianna was in the choir room. It had a few small practice rooms, beige walls, and a small office for the director. The floor was leveled into rows and filled with many chairs, in a set up found in most choir rooms. It was plain, maybe even dingy, but Marianna found it beautiful.
The director&...
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