The room stood in silence safe for the sound of dripping water falling from a leaking pipe. It was the sound a young man named Adam would become accustomed to hearing over the course of two days as he waited, throat hoarse and dry from screaming, hoping that the sound of his desperate pleads for help would eventually draw the attention of any potential passerbys, only for his voice to go unheard.
...
“Leave me alone!”
The man screamed while a firefighter tried to drag him out of a collapsing building.
“Leave me alone or you’ll regret it.”
Half of his right leg was crushed by the fallen debris but the firefighter was still trying.
“None sense! We’ll get out of here together alive!”
Panting heavily, the firefighter shouted. After an arduous battle with the debries, he finally managed to tea...
Pulling her haphazardly around the ballroom,
I savour each giggle bubbling through her small lips.
The orchestra’s polite waltz has no influence on the wild spins and daring jumps between us. As she’s merely half my size, I swiftly lift my sister upwards, blinking away at her skirt’s lavender frills which caress my eyelashes in passing. I pull her to my chest before she lands, whisking her around...
The snowflakes danced their final waltz,
A silent ballad in the fading light.
The girl stood by the frosted pane,
Her heart as cold as winter's bite.
She longed for spring's sweet resurrection,
For sunbeams to thaw her icy core.
"Perhaps," she whispered to the wind,
"The sun will mend what's torn.’’
But spring arrived with timid steps,
Its golden touch upon the earth.
The crocus bloomed, the rob...
I stared in Phil’s eyes. I stood behind him as he sit staring back up at me on one of those creaky plastic white chairs every lawn has. His pores were medium sized, his facial hair unkept and his eyes green and haunting. Yet in this moment the humidity of the air around us became too much. Upstairs I heard a speaker turn on with some rap music beginning to play, the decibels slowly increasing. Whi...
Five senses is something your born with
Seeing the good and bad
Tasting the bitter and burnt
Feeling the soft dirt
Listing to the people you love hurt
Smelling the fear of your past coming to haunt you
Hearing the voices in your head taunt you
Sense is something your born with
Doesn’t mean it’s common
You can make “friends” but are they trauma bonds?
You can make new memories but are old o...
He watches me with a vigour that pins me in place. The temperature increases, as his steely eyes meet mine.
“Riley breathe for me. It's okay. Let's at least discuss this first,” He releases my wrist with an achingly fast pace.
Can he not bear to touch me?
I go towards my previous seat but find that he moves toward the couch instead. I follow his direction, taking a place on the cobalt-tinted furn...
In quiet corners of their home, they dwell,
Where dust settles on old passion, and dreams decay,
They move like shadows, mere echoes of a spell,
Of a love once ablaze, now dimmed to gray.
Her eyes, like rain-soaked petals, try to hide the pain,
In her faded nightgown, she longs for an embrace,
No make up, she knows all her efforts would be in vain,
For he no longer sees the canvas of her face...
The days go quicker
The wind grows thicker
I have to say good bye
I have to say good bye
My heart hurts with sadness
The days are going by
The days are going by
I feel like I might cry
As we move and fly
The day has come
It must be done
To say good bye
Good bye, I love you America
I’m moving to India
But you will always be a plane away...
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