I've always been lightly out of place.

Displaced in everybody's minds.

As something I never was and never will be.

You carefully watched me, each time I grew.

In contrast to yours, my wings aren't blue.

The light, unlike yours, shone not as a force.

Instead it came from an external source.

I flew; unlike you, I had no clear goal.

You were so pretty when I saw you sleep.

Symmetrical, perfect, a d...

Two friends were meeting in the local mall. They hadn’t seen each other in a long time, and the boy, Ben, sat on a bench while waiting for his friend Mary to arrive.

“Hey”, she squealed.

“I missed you.”

Ben was shaking, as the voice of his dearest friend echoed through his senses, numbing them.

He has never been good with responding to people. With words. Even when it was Mary. The person he e...