I love saving strange creatures,
Though I’m not technically supposed to.
But today,
I might be following the rules.
A lady called me talking about a
Rat, possum, raccoon looking creature.
I thought, oh, it must be a different species.
But really,
WHAT IS THAT?
I saw it when I first stepped foot into her living room
The creature was definitely strange looking.
It turned its head to stare a...
The floor board whined at my weight.
The cry louder than it usually is.
My heart beating in my ear
And my breath, shallow.
I listened, I waited
Holding my breath.
Where are they?
My ears perk up at any sound:
Whipping of wind
The distant cries of people
a creak, behind me.
I twist my head, peering over my shoulder
5 yards away
The man stood,
Tapping on the floor boards
from the fresh blood Dri...
They told us the sky is the limit
That wasn’t true.
But we wrap ourselves in ideas
Forgetting to even move.
Trapping our minds in mars
Forgetting our bodies on earth.
We always want to float away
But why cant we just stay and appreciate.
We’re so busy trapped in the possibility
We forget we’re here, being gifted the present.
So Don’t let yourself float away to the moon,
Or you’ll miss the flow...
The door jingled.
A person glided through the entrance.
In his dingy brown shirt,
The undeniable proof of his years working there.
With the same routine, everyday, since the late 1980’s.
He loathed everything about this shop after the 5th year.
The way the door sung at an intrusion.
The way the floor cried at almost any weight.
The way every customer looks exactly the same,
With eyes searching fo...
In a neighborhood, more dangerous than most
A young woman roams.
Her awkward gate of feigned confidence
And slight tremble in her throat,
Is a clear sign of her discomfort
And unfortunately for her, everybody knows.
If it wasn’t her strut then it was her clothes.
The clothes shown on tv shows to represent these neighborhoods.
She wears old clothes slightly beat up believing that’s how it goes.
Bu...
My eyes pop open as I gasp for air, I can’t even sleep in peace without almost suffocating. It’s never been this difficult to breath before but now I can’t get enough of it. I’ve never thought so hard about inhaling and exhaling but now each breath feels different. In one breath I wheeze and in another I gasp. I appreciate every time I receive a full lung of oxygen, but it’s becoming slower to arr...
Oh to be sitting in a shop keepers shop
As a man rammed into the door.
He told the shopkeeper “my eyesight is poor”
The shopkeeper replied “oh really,
Who would have thought you couldn’t see clearly.”
Oh to be sitting at a shopkeepers shop
As a woman opens the door and just starts to talk.
A while later, she said “i hope I’m not talking to much.”
The shopkeeper replied “of course not,
you’ve be...
I’m scared
Where is everyone
We were all together and then they disappeared.
My mom told me to stick with her
I’m so stupid. why am I so stupid.
I’m scared.
Just walk slowly,
Kevin told us to walk slowly
Something about this being easy to crack,
Just walk slowly.
My body won’t stop shaking
It supposed to be cold but I feel like I’m burning.
These mittens making my hands feel soggy
I don’t even ...
Why of all days do I find myself drowning?
It wasn’t like I was in a pool trying to prevent overheating.
I wasn’t at an ocean, creak, or lake sightseeing.
It actually started with me and my two boys who hate bathing.
Yes, two boys who I forgot to account for their strength when blinded by hatred.
As I lay here under water, accidentally inhaling this bath water
I peer up into the face of my two h...