The sun grew weary of seeing men squander its light
Placing their hopes and dreams on their pillows at night
Seize the day, is what they used to say
Now they are machines wasting away
They do not understand this gift of life, of sight
This star is not something you simply ignite
My illumination shouldn’t have trepidation
They should be running, sailing, screaming for salvation
Liv...
It’s a tough job, being a murderer. You experience such a thrill the first time and need to feel it again. The plotting and planning. Finding reason for your choices. You need to keep building hope and getting away with collapsing it in roughly eighty thousand words.
It’s an even tougher job when your power goes out and you’re working with a candle and the streetlight outside the window. Just as...
Disclaimer: I’m in the planning stages of a fantasy book. What I’m writing about here is a side character’s story. A man, General Louvel, has nightmares about his abusive relationships in the past with his family. The nightmares don’t feel normal, like they’re cursed. They are constant, they invade his waking moments. He wakes up drenched in sweat and sometimes it’s hard for him to get a grip on r...
Madelyn, far, far away
Madelyn, you’re so strange
August, feel the sun on your face
August, let it all wash away
The Gulf of Mexico
Florida’s west coast
Tampa, Sarasota, and St. Petersburg host
Madelyn isn’t real
Madelyn can’t be true
Madelyn, I do not know you...
There is nothing like honeybees
Flying up into the trees
They look so free in the breeze
But finding a home can be hard
Every time you think it’s good, it falls like a house of cards
Like the only place that’s right would be the graveyard
Staring at her profile
The mirror has its own demands and denials
She tries to give them the tears of crocodile
Something may change, the world may f...
“Do you really think we used to have tails?”
“Yes! Evolution proved this. Scientists have proved this. Look it up,” exclaimed Stacy, who was growing tired of this conversation. She didn’t have time for trivial office small talk. Maybe after work she’d be willing to discuss evolution and tails, but now was not the time. She was rushing to get the holiday newsletter out to her manager. It had to b...
I did not realize it would be this nice. I met her two days ago, and now we are boarding the rocket, ready for liftoff. Normally, I wouldn’t be falling in love in two days, no less getting actually married. But you know what? These past 48 hours have been the best of my life. There is no going back now. Plus, we’re still going to put our seatbelts on and hold each other’s hand when we start to fly...