Your love is like an arrow
Laced with poison
At first it feels shallow
Then it pierces deeper
I thought we were happy
I thought we had something
Now it’s just a memory
Of nice times we used to have
I remember when you hit me
For the first time, I cried
Then you hugged me and set me free
But I was trapped in my own mind
I should have left sooner
But your grip tightened on me
And then I saw you w...
Too small.
Too bulky.
Too squishy.
Where was the perfect one? My footsteps echoed in the deafening silence as I walked further through the darkness. More were revealed to me.
Too tall.
Too fidgety.
Too much ink.
My stomach growled unhappily. My footsteps weakened. I had been trapped for days, this was my first time back out into the world.
My first meal as a free woman. It had to be perfect.
N...
I took a deep breath, my hands trembling. I had to face this reunion. I pushed the double doors open and rearranged my features into a smile. Everybody stared at me in awe. Most of them had gone downhill after leaving this dump, and although physically I was never better, my mental health was destroyed. I glanced at the familiar faces. His stood out to me straight away. I forced myself not to hype...
I used it for good. I always used it for good. I saved lives. All I had to do was etch the design in, and it would come true. I saved peoples lives. The worst thing I ever did was make someone step on a nail, and that was their fault, they requested the tattoo of a nail. I just didn’t see him coming. Johnny. My childhood bully, stepping into my shop.
“Hi, I- oh my god! Krissy?” I smiled. It may h...
“For the love of god, Lizzie, just throw it away!” That only made me hold her tighter. She saved my life when I was 6, who knew if I would need her again?
“At least leave it at home, this is your college interview! You’re never going to get it was that thing in your hand!” I shook my head. One way or another, she was coming with me.
“I’ll put her in my bag, okay? But I am NOT leaving her here.” M...
Kendra felt it. The magnetic force. She didn’t know where is would lead her, but she couldn’t wait to find out. She left a note on the fridge and sprinted out the door with her backpack in hand.
Lilly felt it. The magnetic force. She was relieved. She had no idea where it was going to take her, but any where was better than her house. She crept out her window and down the drainpipe. She couldn’t w...
Emily,
Hi. I don’t really have time to explain. I’m you. Well, kind of. I’m a version of you, from a parallel universe. Listen. You don’t know this. None of the Emily’s do, but we are important. We have suppressed abilities. You know those weekly injections? They’re to suppress them. I’m the only Emily who stopped having them. Now the lab are after me. I’m coming to your universe to hide. You have...
Tears stream down his face as he carries her down the beach. He forced himself to stifle a sob as he sets her down gently on the ground, her fuchsia hair falling over her closed eyes. He brushes it from her eyes but covers her temple gently.
He puts the shovel hard into the wet sand. Again. Again. He can’t prevent the guttural sob that forces it’s way out of him. The hole gets bigger. Bigger...
