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...
