Home. Most think of warm fuzzy feelings, a place of belonging, the place to go after a long stressful day.
Home. A place I’ve come to dread. A place devoid of oxygen. A place, in which, I am gasping for air through collapsing lungs. A town full of ghosts stuck in a loop of the same old things. Days are all the same, thoughts become recycled. Where everything is washed in a clouded grey. Where all...
Everything was put together with care. The box clutched tight in his grip while the wind swirled and whipped. The boy, of only 17, staggered through the chilled midnight air to the darkest crossroads in the tiny town he called home.
The boy paused once he stood in the middle of the intersection. He reached one hand in his pants pocket for the crumpled-up piece that detailed all the instructions ...
Darling I’m doting on your smile
Why don’t you come and stay awhile
Please rest your aching bones
Take a break from gold thrones
A fool you are for doubting yourself
All while living on the high shelf
Incapable to see
Your potential like me
Delicately built, thoughtful mind
The word perfect simply defined
Brown eyes and blushing cheeks
The highs of mountain peaks
One truly better than deserve...
It’s a crystal clear connection
Heart threads tug, twist, and tangle together
Fond flirting ‘til we fall fast asleep
Our souls seek each other in a starlight slumber
At morning break I’ll be right beside you
Sunrise secret, grateful glances
Cup of coffee clutched warm in my hands
Wistfully I wait for you to wake
Fingertips tickle and trace against my skin
Dimpled darling, I’ll be forever fa...
This had become a normal occurrence. She would disagree with one of his proposals and he would wave that stupid photo in her face with a threatening smirk. It was always the same thing; something that had gone on way too long. He knew he could control her with that one simple photograph, it had been working for years. What he did not know, however, is that she was getting tired of it. Each time th...
