Short stories & poems

I clocked out of work early, excited to see the woman I just married months before. We had just got off our honeymoon and I got some flowers on the way home. “Is this for Isabela?” The woman at the register looked at me and smiled like she knew something I did not. “Umm yea.. I’m sorry do I know you? I didn’t see you at our wedding?” She laughed. It sounded like nails on a chalkboard. I winced and...

Gnawing emptiness circling

the hollow cavity trying

to find a place to settle down

but there’s no room amongst

the memories, the flashbacks

of your smile and the trust

in your eyes, the echoes and replays

of what possibly could’ve gone

wrong and what I could’ve done

differently. I’m sorry. When

I betrayed you, I betrayed me....

I could hear the music in the distance, the bass pulsating in the skeevy restroom, practically shaking the mirror I was staring in. Sweat glistened on my brow, causing my bangs to stick to my forehead. I did my best to make them look more attractive, but quickly gave up with a huff. I leaned closer to inspect my makeup, and decided to reapply my lipstick. _Dude Killer_ this shade was called, a dar...

One shock, two shock, three shock, four… how many drinks do I have to pour?

How many walks have to be taken?

It feels like so much time has been wasted but hey it’s just another day.

I’m a waiter, but I do a handful of things from walking dogs too shining shoes too even working a boutique when the schedule fits. I hear my family every time I begin a job, “WHEN YOU GOING TO LOCK SOMEONE D...

When I opened my eyes I tried to move my hand up to wipe them so I could see better, but something was restraining them. I did my best to clear them by blinking them looked around at where I am. What I saw was terrifying. My hands were tied down onto arm rests and my feet tied together. There was a hat-like bowl on my head and i felt something sharp pressing onto the back of my skull. I need to fi...

I grasp the top of the grassy cliff after what feels like an eternity of agonising climbing. My body falls limp as I finally feel the adrenaline leave me and I glare at the early morning sky. While I stare, my thoughts battle going over how this could have happened to me, I wince at the flashes of memories that had me free falling over the edge of the cliff. Sitting up, I start to feel like I’m co...

“I was just trying to be what you wanted!” She screamed, crying.

“The person you needed to be.. wasn’t who you became. You became selfish, conceded, hateful, vengeful. What I wanted was peace. What you became was strife. Chaos. You were insatiable! That’s not what I wanted! I…”. My voice cracked as I held back the tears, “I wanted… I NEEDED someone I could rely on!”

“Did I not protect you...

“Give me a good reason not to kill you right here, right now.” The masked man said to me, holding a knife to my throat. “Wh ha fisnfksdksofekdkfns” i tried to say around the gag in my mouth. I maneuvered my hands trying to free them discreetly as I have many times before. he pulled the rag down, off my face, “Hurry up. You have five minutes.” He barked at me harshly. “Well…” I started to say, but ...

I am but a puzzle

That no one will ever solve

I am but a puzzle

Where a few pieces ,will always be gone

Like a cold case murder, 20 years old

Laying on the detective’s desk

Buried beneath all the rubble, hope & love

I am but a puzzle, wait ?

Maybe I’m the one

Who has been missing all along?

Maybe I’m just a ghost , now visiting…

The final piece of this puzzle!

But ,if I’m dead ,will it ev...

I recognized his eyes as soon as he walked through the door, I froze, my mind started racing and my heart started pounding out my chest. I can’t do this right now, not after what he did to me all those years ago. I barely remember it, but I do remember his face. His smooth face with a small mustache and peach fuzz on his chin. His face was etched with deep lines from years of hard living, and yet ...