I try hard to stay conscious. My eyelids fight to close. My body breathes slowly and I can feel myself letting go of the world around me. Darkness starts swallowing me and I can barely see. Finally I dive into the darkness and rest....

I follow them around.

For every wish I gift them

One tear may fall from the clouds.

It rains and rains on their land,

making their soil rich and fertile.

Their farms flourish and thrive.

I wait for my rainy day.

When all my wishes are granted.

When my crops and fields become fertile.

I water everyone else’s fields while mine are dry and lifeless.

If wishes fell like raindrops, then certainly ...

As I walk along the path of life I can barely see. A cloud corrupting my vision. The cloud of happiness, brightness, and honesty is corrupting my mind.

One day a strong wind blows me down. It strikes me to the ground and before I realize my cloud has vanished. I can see everything for it’s truth. The cloud was blocking this world away from my eyes for a reason; Protection. It didn’t want to revea...

The house across the street is always dark. It is a small house. It seems as though it is hiding from all others. The backyard is concealed with trash and wood. But everyone knows that there is one because of the howls. Every night the dog goes crazy. The dog will howl and howl until day. Even in the winter the dog still howls. But in the daytime it is as if the dog vanishes.

The house has a smal...

March 1st

My love had left me. I sit alone in the dark and wonder “what have I done?”

March 2nd

I try to think “I am free without them. They stopped me from enjoying life.” But I know I do not believe this.

March 3rd

I can’t stop thinking of them. Everything sad, happy, sweet, deceitful, all reminds me of them.

March 4th

I miss their warmth but also loath their voice.

I am angry at their b...

I have to let go

It slips through my fingers like a feather in the wind. The more I hold it the more it kills me. It scrapes at my heart like a provoked cat. As soon as it escapes my grip it stops. It glares at me with eyes of mischievous deceit. Making all that harder to let go,I stare back with eyes of submission, pain, and grief. I start to fall. I fall and fall and fall until I become numb. I ...

My mother walks in and I panic. Then she sees it. She freezes, terrified. I say sheepishly “I can explain…” it’s too late. She lunges at me like a wolf lunges at a deer. She grabs at my hair and pinch’s my skin. She screams “How could you?! Why?!” I struggle to fight back. I mean, this is my mother. I could never hurt her. Family relation doesn’t seem to be stopping her from attacking me though. ...

My world is dark, loud, chaotic, and cruel. It slashes at me without hesitation or mercy. I cry and cry. Then I close my eyes. A new world greets me with open arms. It comforts me. I am in a forest. It is silent and calming. This forest is the only place I want to be.

I can hear the trees swaying with the cool wind. I feel the tall grass brushing against my legs. The silence sings me a song of...

I was devastated when Grace sent me the text saying “we’re done.” I begged and pleaded for another chance, but was always denied. I gave up. I stopped showering, watering my plants, and I didn’t go to work for a week. When I finally started going back to work I barely got anything done. Then on the 4th day back I saw the fortune tellers phone number on the community bathroom stall. The office I wo...