A job to do with no way out My target is in sight Cupid’s arrow pierced my heart My love’s roommate must take his last breath Adrenaline rushes through my prey Not knowing his attacker is me, he stabs the closest victim My love bleeding out as my victim drops dead With my heart broken…
Tingling Waves in my Head
Medical condition or phenomenon? Waiting on the results
Ashes to ashes
Ashes to ashes Spring to sea Here in this moment of chances Come weary traveler Rest your feet Take a moment to breathe Silence passes through the night Trust is given not to fight Glowing embers of fire rise Lighting up the dark Shadows dancing with the light Voices whisperin’ not to fright Tangled limbs…
All I Want
All I want is for the axe to fall to release the weight forcing me to stand tall All I want is to breathe to enjoy, to be free All I want is to break as I have before All I want is to let it fade away to give these thoughts another day to…
The Story Collector
The love of stories started when she was a toddler. Grandpa George would stay at the house to watch Angela while her parents were at work, and he would read to her. Once she could walk, she would toddle over to the bookshelf, pull out a book, toddle back to her grandpa, plop down on…
Locked Out
Just until a spot opens, I reminded myself, she is only here until a spot opens and then she will move out. I took a deep breath, set down my phone on the charger, and cracked my bedroom door open. I did not see her there, so I opened the door further and looked around,…
Toilet Stall Doors
The grandchildren had just walked back into the house from the neighbor’s pool. Bundled in fluffy towels, the grandchildren wandered around the house, grabbing clothes, and taking turns dressing in the bathroom. Damp hair and mismatched outfits clothed the grandchildren as they gathered back in the living room. The television was turned on as the…
Emergency Dentist Appointment
He was not sure how it happened. The pain began two or three days after the dentist appointment. His teeth had to somehow have been sharpened like knives that were shredding the inside of his cheeks. He had only gotten a tooth filled on the top and one on the bottom on opposite sides of…
Lifeguard No More
I was a lifeguard for a water park during the summer of 2019 and will never take a job as a lifeguard again. I took the job after having been on my school’s swim team for the past two years after being injured in wrestling the year before. I was a strong swimmer and had…
Medication
The medication was supposed to make things better not worse. The first prescription was an antidepressant that made the level of anxiety disappear. The anxiety remained but I could not tell at what level my anxiety was. Normally I was able to tell what level I was at any time I checked in with myself….