One of the craziest feelings is knowing you’ll be dead by the end of the day
I consistently held my own life in my own hands regularly.
No ties, no belts, no pillows, no pills—nothing has stopped me yet.
Now I want to grow older—but not old.
Now I want to love—and be loved.
Ultimately my life will always be in my hands, but it feel less and less like a fiery burden as time drags on....
I knew that perfection was always a long shot—in fact I never believed it to exist. No matter my location I brought my camera, just in case the situational perfection would arise. That afternoon, however luck may have presented it, I was staring straight in the face of perfection.
Stalking this couple through a two mile hike on an old bike trail was exhausting. The path, narrow and gravel. But th...
I knew his name and his face,
Passing glances in the halls,
Sophomore English class
And elementary school beyond.
I wouldn’t say he was a good person, in fact he was a bigot.
But I believe almost nobody deserves to die,
And he did a week after graduation.
We were acquaintances,
I knew his name and he might’ve known mine.
But loss feels all the same whether he knew my name....
hospital sterile never smelled sweeter than after discharge,
but I smell it sometimes when things are getting bad again,
I think of that beautiful room with the bolted down beds and doors without knobs,
I miss the group therapy, oddly enough,
Probably because I love talking about myself.
hospital sterile never scared me more than that first stay,
the one where I was underweight and shivering,
I...
You assume I’m a cannibal, don’t you? I mean, who wouldn’t—head chef with a dark secret. The story writes itself here. Except it doesn’t.
No, no, you see my secret is much more entertaining. I’m a damn good necromancer working for a vegan super- corporation. I steal the best meat and cuts from my deli, replace them with meat substitutes, and take the stolen meat to my lair. I work my magic, I get...
Darlin’ do you hear the sound of morning break,
Do you taste the birdsong,
Do you indulge in the atheism of the moment?
Darlin’ please say something to reassure your unjustified existence.
//I’m here, though voiceless, though so unknowing of your urgency//
Darlin’ is it your body without soul that I can no longer allow linger in our bed?
Because I see the angels coming, and I laugh.
Every angel ...
“Why are you defending her? She’s not who she says she is.”
I held my ground, bit my tongue. What he was saying wasn’t news to me. The simple thing about the situation was I didn’t care about her true identity.
“Why does that matter now? Look at what’s happened and tell me that a new name matters.” I said.
He shook his head—always the stubborn one. The weariness in his eyes bordered on paranoi...
This was not something I ever anticipated, and as a writer it was something I feared. I stood in a room of those I’ve wronged the most, and I think they were all out for blood.
At first I noticed Evander, the sun kissed immortal love interest, from my only novel I’d ever written. Poor blind Ivor stood beside Evander, suspended in an epic cliffhanger.
I offer a smile, but Evander pulled Ivor clos...
