Cold water feels warm when you’re freezing.
They say that’s your body shutting down.
Lulling you into serenity.
A warm relief before you freeze and stay frozen for eternity.
Until one day when your body thawed.
Scientists poke and prod.
You’re not allowed to rest no more.
You’re put on display for all the coo and caw.
There is no rest when you’re a specimen.
So enjoy this moment of warmth...
For days he trekked through the endless snow. His frostbitten toes holding on for dear life within his worn boots.
All hope was lost. He always knew Antarctica could be a hellish place, but he told himself it was worth it.
The first man to walk the length of the Antarctica continent. What a feat that would be.
But halfway all he wanted to do was give up. He barely remembered life before the sn...
A searing fire rages beneath an intimidating statue of a bronze bull. A door is situated on the bull’s side and a man is thrown in unceremoniously.
The innards are hollow with only a small pipe protruding into the stomach to allow for screams to flow out and morph into the grunts of an animal.
The floor beneath the criminal glows a hellish red as the skin of his hands peels off. He needs to scre...
Tumbleweed rolls in the distance as the non diegetic western plays in the background.
Susan stands before the outlaw, hands shaking as she points the gun in his direction.
He smiles; a cigarette hanging out the corner of his mouth, his sun bronzed skin shaded by the rim of his hat. He stands with confidence, his boots firmly on the ground, his spurs glistening in the midday light.
Susan has nev...
It’s hard to be inconspicuous when you’re hanging upside down, but I thought it would be fun. I hadn’t considered the fact he may be home late from work.
So there I was hanging upside down above the door waiting to surprise attack him with a recreation of a kiss from his favourite movie, only for him not to show up on time and me to pass out.
When I woke up in the ambulance he was sitting by my...
Tired fingers graze the smooth keys as the sound of the clicks manifest letters on the glowing screen.
A warm sip of caffeine wakes the nerves, the bitter taste travelling down the throat sending a wave of calm deep into the stomach.
Momentarily distracted by the sound of cars carrying their owners to work at this unholy hour before going back to the story at hand.
With another sip of the comfo...
The words scrambled upon the letter. Eyes blurred with disbelief. He couldn’t believe it had gotten this bad.
Months and months of paying off debt, he thought he was close to being debt-free. But it seemed the more he paid, the more he owed. And this letter was the final straw.
His mind began spiralling as he looked for a solution, for anything to sell. But his eyes only fell on the fireplace.
...
My eyes have never known the beauty of another.
My heart is cold as stone when flirtation is around.
I know not of the pleasures of which are described.
My mind is closed off to these trivial things.
It's not out of force, it’s just who I am, and yet something speaks within me with the touch of your hand....
Some nights I lay silently on the grass and listen to the trees argue.
When you’ve lived for centuries I suppose you find a lot to argue about.
Imagine sitting in one place, unable to move, whilst creatures build homes on and inside of you.
Whilst teenagers carve scars into your flesh as declarations of their love which will only last a week or so more.
It must be tiring going through the year...
