Once we loved us both

Back when we were together

And the happiest

Now you don’t love me

And you despise my being

So I hate me too

But somehow, some way

Even if you don’t want me now

I’ll always love you...

When I first got my job as security, I thought it’d be simple. A safe, boring job of sitting behind a monitor for a few hours overnight to get a very thick paycheck. It sounded perfect. Especially at the thought of not having to do anything. Maybe just call emergency services if someone broke into the building.

But when they locked me into the surveillance room, I started to get nervous. Althoug...

I am not proud for much in this life

I haven’t got a home, a job, or a wife

I’m not a celebrity or someone important

Actually, I’d consider myself quite boring

But I am proud of one main thing

One accomplishment of my well-being

That I didn’t end my life that night

And that I stayed to see the morning light

My praise to myself is for not letting go

I feel dignity even if it was so lon...

“I think I just met the happiest person in the world!” I thought as the doctor finally handed over the flushed child, wrapped in a blue blanket. Tears dribbled down her chubby cheeks and her bottom lip quivered with effort, but she didn’t make a sound. She instead stared up at the ceiling with big brown eyes and blinked curiously. I had never met a baby who didn’t scream and whine after birth. But...

I never used to enjoy the forest

Danger lurked in inky shadows

Snakes slithered silently underfoot

The trees blocked out the beautiful sun

Sticks left small cuts on exposed skin

So every time I was back inside

I wasn’t scared anymore

But now I spend all my time in the forest

Because danger stalks me back home

Snakes stab me in the back for one mistake

My dark thoughts block out all of the li...