My eyes zoom around the kitchen

Taking in all the sights to see

I crawl around to see every angle

Making sure everything is how it should be

That’s when two adults walk into the room

They huddle in the corner and whisper

I can tell they are hiding from their kids

The father whispers something as if to confer

“Have you heard what’s happening?” He said

“Out in Afghanistan?” The mother distressed...

From my window I saw it all.

We were all huddled together as the freezing cold rain lashed at the window. The sky was pitch black and you could barely see 5 feet in front of you. Mama, Daddy, Ellie, Thomas and me, Janie. Thomas was wailing and Mama was calming him. Ellie was staring, pudgy little fingers pressed up against the glass, watching the rain splatter. I was just looking around. The laun...

It was a dark and stormy night, as it always seems to be in a graveyard. The black clouds were gathering rapidly, the wind howling furiously and the rain was splattering consistently. The weather was obviously not sunny and happy, but neither was the location. The rows and rows of large gravestones, inscribed with messages from loved ones covered the ground like a depressing blanket. The only slig...

All around me I see fires burning,

Wars raging furiously,

People screaming at each other.

The world is broken.

People hate each other for the color of their skin, their gender, how much money they have and even their society.

The world is broken.

Religion is a blessing but people turn it into a curse. They shame each other for who I get worship or why.

The world is broken.

But I know there is ...

It was a sure shock

What we found when home from our walk

There was blood splattered

And glass shattered

All around the room

Someone had found their doom

We did not not know who’s blood it was

Nor what was the cause

All we saw was our dinner laid out

Then my father began to shout

The meat was bloody

Just like the body

Lain in the corner was somebody

Dead and incredibly bloody

By the meat w...

I wake up to find myself staring at the floor. I gasp and look around. I’m on the ceiling! But my bed is on the floor! How is this possible? My gravity feels the same as it would on the ground, except I’m hanging off of the ceiling! I rush out of the room and find my little brother standing as still as a chandelier. There is a chandelier next to him. This is crazy! My mom comes in acting completel...

Once upon a time there was a very cliche story. Girl meets boy. Boy falls head over heels. Girl plays hard to get. They end up falling in love. I’m the girl.

It was a normal day and Katie was walking to school. She loved walking to school because it gave her time to think. Today she was deciding she wanted a boyfriend. When she arrived at school her friends greeted her and they made their way to ...

It was a normal day at the station. Well, as normal as life is as a police officer. I was sitting at my desk eating a jelly donut after an interrogation of a kidnapper when I heard it.

“OH MY GOD!” A woman screamed. “It’s from HIM! Sheriff Pierce!”

I stood up and dashed to the front room knowing exactly who she was talking about.

“Oh thank goodness your here!” Officer Jackson said. “A dog came i...

The sea of purple and green

It swallows anybody that enters

The tall grass covers all things seen

But there’s one small spot right in the center

The spot where you can see nothing more

But little purple flowers and tall, tall grass

This can make your heart sore

For anyone that will pass

You can’t see a horizon, nor people or homes

Nor any animals, birds or even bees

Nor any bubbles, water or fo...

I woke up one morning to a cloudy, crisp, November morning. I inhaled a bagel and went out for my morning walk. Everything seemed so gloomy and disappointed everywhere I looked. I was still morning the death of my father. Yes, he lived a long and happy life, and yes, now he is in Heaven with Jesus, but I would still rather him be alive. I miss him so much. He died 2 weeks ago at the age of 47 and ...