“Sometimes the only way to really forget everything is to go to sleep.”

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I woke up. I heard a scream from somewhere else. This did not cause me fear, I did not feel unsafe or uneasy. I believed this was normal, although I was unsure.

My room was entirely white, save for the writing. ‘Daisy.’ The word, or possibly name, was largely written on the wall across from my bed in marker. I did not kno...

The bustling crowd

Surrounding, but not there

I hear them speak radio static

The tongue of human affair

I was never taught

Yet their talk is familiar to my ear

Words I have heard twenty times over

But their definitions disappear

I am drowning in the people

But the air can reach my lungs

Though there are many that surround me

Every last one speaks in tongues...

There were moments, I am fairly certain, where the world felt at peace. I was beside the person I loved and that felt like enough.

The faint memories of sitting by a fire on the warm summer nights ring through my mind. I would observe the embers that would fall to the ground and shrivel away. It reminded me of the attempts I made to tell you the extents to which I loved you, but the words would ...

“It’s lonely in a cold, dark, desolate cell, don’t you think? They all say I’m insane, delusional, or, my personal favorite, a madman!” He started cackling. “Now I know we haven’t known each other very long, but you don’t really believe that, right?” There was no response. He started screaming, “ANSWER ME! DO YOU THINK I’M CRAZY? DO YOU? DO YOU THINK I AM A MADMAN?” He was cackling, but he stopped...

Opening the cupboard

Taking a peek inside

The finest plates of China

Property of groom and of bride

Taking plates out

Setting the table now

Knowing she could get out

But never knowing how

Here comes the husband!

Placing the food on his dish

She baked his favorite meal

Compliance with a side of fish

She’s staring out the window

The summer vast and wide

If she opened up the window

She could let t...

If wishes fell like rain, then certainly I am a storm.

If dreams flew like bees, then certainly I am a swarm.

If we are seldom dreamers, then I guess I’m one of a kind.

I live in the clouds with my soul, above my body and above my mind....

The snow was painted red, that’s what I’ll never forget. I had always found the rooftops of the city to be admirable when covered in snow, but not when the snow is red. I sat there quivering, his body in my arms, taking shaky breaths. He gasped for air, but he didn’t get much. He was bleeding out from a bullet wound to the rib. There wasn’t anything I could do. My only powers were strength and tel...

You were the night sky; never-ending, full of stars that I placed my dreams upon. You’re hands are the hands of one holding a gun; steady, prepared to hurt.

Am I Icarus? It seems I’ve flown too close to the sun. I’ve been shriveled and reduced to dust. You are the grim reaper, you’ve brought death to my door. As I am prey, beaten and bleeding, you are the predator. You’re an animal who knows not...

A young boy beings to set the table as he hears the tv droning on in another room. His mother, younger sister, and two older brothers are all working to get the house ready. Tonight was a special night. Guests were coming over for dinner, and they had to be the ideal family the boy’s mother had always wanted. The only one who wasn’t helping was the young boy’s father. He enjoyed what his wife deem...