I watched fights,
Words used like animal bites,
Or in my bed, tucked up tight,
As it ignites,
Sleights,
All their spites,
Across nights.
I believe love to be a fickle thing,
For all I have known it to bring,
Is poison like a sting,
How pointless it is to declare it with a ring.
Divorce was a gift.
I felt the shift.
A mother with more life.
A father better without his wife.
One evening, years ha...
Ines tentatively opened the library door, monitoring the candlelight flickering across the aged rug, and listened intently to check no one was hidden in the bookcases. As she squeezed through the gap between the door and wall, afraid to open it further in case the old hinges creaked and alerted anyone to her presence, she looked across at the grand clock by the receptionist's desk. She had an hour...
When was the first time?
When did it start?
This thought of “I am not enough”?
It clawed at flesh and bone,
And held its place deep inside.
Where did all the strength go to say no?
At what point did all my challenges become so weak in voice?
How can this limiting belief silence and control all?
What happened to all the rest of me?
Why did this happen?
What can I do to make a lasting change?
Wh...
He held within his bloody hands a pendant. The chain hung loose, snaking around his forearm. Olyver extended it towards Hela.
Hela looked upon the family token, as ancient as the first star that haunted the darkness above.
“Do not give this to me,” she begged, “You are it’s keeper.” The sounds of the war became an echo to Hela. The fear she felt claiming her heart was violent in voice. She looke...
I watch her last breath.
An endless silence follows.
How unbearably easy.
Her eyes always held such warmth.
I would hold her gaze and touch my head to hers.
And a calmness came to me.
She held me.
In a way no dog physically can.
Her eyes always held me.
From when she first came. So small, so round. So lost in all her fur.
To her laying on this table.
In a place she always hated.
In death she l...
Well, this wasn’t what I expected. It was meant to be a simple trek, up the uneven pavements, through the trees, just follow the signs. But no, he had to take a detour. It was hot under the canopy, the heat seemed to settle on my skin, and although the light coming through was beautiful, we were well and truly lost. And that ruined everything. Right as I was about to open my mouth, we reached the ...
I see the prey,
Small, weak, astray.
Hunger will not remain at bay,
Wanting to slay,
Waiting and ready to play.
Snow bites the paws,
Digging in my claws.
Wait. Pause.
Drawl drips down jaws.
Stop. Wait to see the flaw.
Bitter words hit my skin.
I laugh, for they think I am thin.
They do not see what is within,
So closed, so narrow, they do not see my kin.
I look in their eyes, displaying a wide g...
I can feel muscles resting,
Darkness rising,
A sway in presence,
Heavy breathing.
A sigh rises from a dark abyss,
Storms may be raging,
Stars blazing.
All is soft,
Maybe harsh,
Ebb and flow,
Rift and fall.
Running through mud,
Flight in clouds,
Castles of stone,
Ocean of gold.
A breath of fire,
Frozen to ice,
A song may play,
Silence reigns.
Dreams come and go so fast,
Hours pass,
Stuc...
A star bursts, light years are racing,
This second with you might mean nothing.
A small heartbreak feels earth ending,
But, oh, how the rise can guide.
Two Gods hands touch,
I might have been in the stardust that rained.
That one rose may have grown,
Just for you to pick it and give it to me.
The sun shone,
But I only felt darkness.
The door was open,
But I decided to walk a different pat...
How the beats every second, every minute.
You never feel her,
And if you do it causes alarm.
No her soft melody and work is never heard.
For so long she works in silence,
And in the peaceful and soft moments,
Through the greatest join and deepest pain,
She awakens.
I hear her,
Feel her gentle presence,
And in her, small, great battles are won.
l know nothing greater than her.
A gentle hand rea...