I have nightmares

Of a distant, impossible life

Where I am a night with no day

My perfect equilibrium gone

I dread this fate

And I hope you do too

If I lost you now

I’d die

As my entire heart would have been ripped from my fragile body

I’d float endlessly in space as my world would have disappeared

I can’t lose you...

“Oh, he’s cute!” said Shauna, leaning over her friends phone.

“Nah, not my type.” Ruby swiped left. “Josh, 24. Stand up comedian, dog lover, enjoys walks in the park, musical theater, playing board games, and-“

“He sounds perfect!” interrupted Shauna.

“Being misogynistic.” finished Ruby, disappointed but she had come to expect this behavior from men on Flinder.

Shauna laughed. “Who the fuck pu...

Long time no see.

Long, since you saw the beauty in me.

Since we’re here, let’s have coffee.

We joke about what our life would be,

If we hadn’t separated, we’d still be thirty,

But perhaps we’d marry.

We’d thought we’d be together, but after years, she

Said no to he.

Oh my, how we were carefree.

It’s been nice, but I’ve got to pick up my daughter Jolie.

Till next time? Maybe.

I’ll be back in town...

The way he talks to her,

The way she’s almost scared of him,

It makes me sure,

An abusive relationship, my friend is in.

I see through his manipulations,

She only sees him high upon a pedestal,

She won’t believe my speculations,

Only a week in, and he wants to be marital.

She’s always distracted,

and jumps when her phone rings, hoping yet scared that it’s him,

Obsessively attracted,

The future i...

“Did you hear what Sasha said to Damien?” Lauren asked Ellie. “I think it was something really bad, judging by the look on his face.”

“Oh wow, that doesn’t seem like Sasha.” Ellie said.

“I know, right?”

Ellie stood up from the lunch table and started back to class. In the hall, she passed her friend Elena. “Hey Elena, did you hear about what Sasha said to Damien?”

“No, what?”

“I heard it wa...

The trees are burning,

The children and screaming,

The cities are destroyed,

The seas are full of trash,

The sky is dark,

Our world has fallen apart,

Humanity has fled the planet,

Spread across unlivable planets in the universe,

Anarchy rules supreme,

The heroes have fallen,

Terror cracks the old world,

And boredom cracks the new,

Where are we going,

Why are we still going,

The animals leave onl...

“Okay boys,” Linda said with excitement hidden by cautiousness, “This present is for the both of you.”

Ben and Billy looked at each other, then Ben grabbed the large box and tore it open. Ben and Billy looked at the gift in shock.

“Bark bark!” Said the baby corgi.

“It’s a dog!” Ben exclaimed! “I’ve wanted a puppy my whole entire life, thank you thank you thank you!” He gleefully tried to pick ...

Do you know me?

I think not.

I’d rather we stay that way,

Old friend.

I know you,

and all you’ve done.

But that doesn’t matter now,

Does it?

You want my secrets.

My story.

The greatest lesson I’ve ever learned

Is that secrecy is the best policy.

You cannot blame me,

Charge me,

Attack me,

Or know me.

What is the worth of honesty

When it will only hurt you in the end?

I wonder why it was...

Your fingernails,

Your eyelashes,

So beautiful, yes.

The way you pick your nose,

Both nostrils at once,

Make me love you more and more every time.

Your pessimistic view of the world,

How you hate my face,

It’s all so lovely to me.

Seeing you chew with your mouth open,

Burp loudly when we have dinner with friends,

With your oversized neck and bald spots,

My love, you have no idea what you do to me...

If cartoons have taught me anything, it’s that you can fit a lot of stuff in your pockets. Bombs, dumbbells, TNT, banana pickers, whatever- your pockets are a lot bigger than you think.

I remember I time in my youth, I had just reached drinking age, and had been going to bars every night. I’ve had a few drinks, and though it took me a lot to get drunk, I was pretty tipsy. I was waiting for my fr...