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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...
Everything was ready; the time, the place, the guestlist, the gifts, the decorations. (Including a net that spanned almost the entire ceiling of the barn holding dozens upon dozens of multicolored balloons and confetti. The the simple pull of a rope would release the multitude of balloons down on the party goers.) Everything now we just had to get the birthday girl here.
Celeste had mentioned tha...
I got my tarot read today
I’ve been told
That I’ve healed
But why does that seem to lie
So I walked home alone
And relived the memories we used have
Walking down the street
Kissing in the parking lot
Dates in the local cafe
Dancing in the record store
Looking at the pictures
On the wall
Us holding hands
Us getting married
Us in France
Us learning a new hobby
I can still feel it now
Dancing in...
Where there’s smoke, where there’s fire, there’s flames,
And there you hear her screaming dire,
Old Mames,
Who used to sing you on her lire,
Old Mames,
Who used to fulfil male desire,
Old Mames,
Who used to save you from your sire,
Old Mames,
Who your wishes by her squire,
Old Mames,
Who sang at the back of the choir,
Old Mames,
Who is now burning for the Squire,
Old Mames,
Never took her to befor...
(You may only use a word once in this poem, and every second line must rhyme (ABAC…))
I wait all year for its shortest day
Through months that scorch, blaze, burn
My heart seeks shelter from flaming rays
Longs after chilling, comforting snow
Blizzards cause the willows’ sway
Chipped ice, winters breath
And though flowers seemingly signal May
This foretells Decembers harvest
We admire night’s...
It’s been days without food, and Danny is starving. It feels like he’s been on this spaceship forever. His stomach grumbles, he’s desperate for a meal, but he has work to do – important work. He starts humming his favourite song to himself, Twinke Twinkle Little Star. Not the CocoMelon version, he’s too grown up for that. After all, he’d just turned seven, and seven-year-olds don’t listen to CocoM...
I knew the plan. Esmay had repeated it over and over again. It was, in her words, flawless. With all of us split up, there was no way we couldn’t find him. Our “mortal enemy.” I smirked as I turned another corner in the dark passageway, thinking of what his face would look like when one of us caught him. Then we would lock him up, I supposed. Because he was evil. I told myself again and again. He’...
I can’t stop smiling. My hand hasn’t left Maisie’s since we headed out into the forest behind the hospital. My place isn’t really in the forest but I thought it’d be better than walking along the side of the street.
Birds sing above us as they shake leaves of the trees. It’s a beautiful day, the right day to show this place to Maisie. Maybe even tell her about . . .
I let out a small sigh. I c...
Her name rings in my mind
My body wrapped around her skin
Kissing her cheek
As she falls asleep
You’re my beloved
You’re my one
I can count on her
For anything
She holds my hand
As I go into surgery
Waiting for me
To wake up
I could lay here
For the rest of my days
Holding hands
While we are alseep...