5 Years Before

The storm drove the waves, back and forth just like before. Elena sat on the deck of the ship watching, what used to be home, disappear into the distance. What could a penniless, homeless and jobless girl, her age do, now that she had been driven out of her home?

The ship rocked steadier now, the crashing waves had calmed and the rain drops had stopped thundering down on the wo...

I peak through the porthole I can see waves crashing violently into the side of the ship. I shiver as another wave of nausea flows through my body. My shaking hands grasp onto the frame of the ship looking for leverage to keep myself standing. I clutch dearly to the necklace around my neck. It had belonged to my mother. It was all that I had of her. I remember so many years ago making this journey...

There’s something about you

Which makes me despise you

But I will not tell you

I don’t want to hurt you

There’s something about you

Which makes me wanna hold you close

You seem so fragile

When you sit there trying to look composed

There’s something about you

Which seems so weird

But it made me realize

You are a gem,so rare

There’s something about you

Which I have to tell you

I do not des...

“The journey has not begun, till I’m on this ship!” Yelled captain Doherty. He’d been craving this adventure ever since he was a ye boy. His father sat him down, patted him on the head and say “boy, you are a traveler and you are meant for the big quest.” “What’s the big quest?” Doherty said to his father in curiosity. “The big quest!” His father yelled, “why the big quest is your destiny my son. ...

we parted that night

all tears

and broken promises

shattered hearts we thought would never mend

you moved on and I moved away

as far as I could get whilst still being

within

earshot

of any news that might say 'come back to me'

it never came

and as everything changed, I thought about you daily, every move I made,

every place

every journey

every news article signalling a changing, darker world...

7-3-1998

I’m on a boat. Why, because my mom said she was tired of the United States. Apparently it’s because it’s to much money for us. Like ok!

7-5-1998

It feels like I’ve been on this boat for ages. But it’s only the third day. My mom says we’re going where ever the wind takes us. I honestly think that’s not going to end up well but whatever.

The only problem about this is that there’s noth...

Streeeeeetch

The cat gets up, licks his paws, twitches his whiskers.

Jumping off the couch, he sets off on an adventure. But first, he must swat at the other feline interlopers. How dare they be in his presence!! The short haired one chases our hero-this is not the adventure he had intended.

Grumpily, our cat climbs up the vast stairs, to his bed. The human isn’t home, so it’s unoccupied. Our...

We didn’t end up starting our hike until after 3 o’clock. Normally that’s not that big a deal but on this day Tom and I decided we’d go off on a couple of the trails that we hadn’t tried before. It was Sugarloaf mountain Which was a great mountain to get a relatively quick but energetic hike in. It was a mild fish winter day and relatively no big deal except there was a threat of rain. Tom and I h...

A girl from the woods goes to a city. She finds money is different in the two places. Not in its value but in it’s use. At home everything is small or broken down things are cheaper and have a dull appearance to them. In the city, things are shiny and sparkly; they glisten in the sunlight. As the girl explored both worlds she found saving money in the city to be difficult. She worked day after day...

Germaine Kepler had too many flaws. But the one that irked her the most was her need for conformity. Moreover, her family depended on this very trait of hers for their business to run seamlessly.

Having taken over the family business from her retired father nine years ago, she now spear-headed the operations department of their company. Her younger sister Alex, the one accustomed to going agains...