Droplets of water cascaded down the window pane, each droplet seeming to have a race with another. Her eyes were fixed on the white cross in the window as she tried to push down her feelings. Nothing could have prepared her for the waves of emotions that attacked her heart repeatedly.

“It’s like I was nothing to him.” Violet choked out through the uneasy breaths.

Tyler sat silently next to Violet ...

the moon

shining there

all a gloom...

When I exited the clearing, I was met with the strangest, most exquisite sight I had ever seen. At first, I thought the light beyond the river was coming from a hut, but then I realised the light was, in fact, a figure. A girl kneeling on the forest floor beyond the river. At least, that was where I thought she was. But no, she was sitting on top of the water, her red and white robe spread out and...

I was in an empty parking lot. The moon shone onto me. There were no street lights, just the moonlight. And me.

I walked into the middle of the parking lot. I was in my pink Quinceanera dress.

It was midnight, and I managed to escape with my dress for a bit.

Since it was midnight, my birthday was yesterday.

I started to dance, laughing with myself.

This was was just what I needed. After a few...

I don’t understand why I’m doing this. I just feel like I need to talk to her, explain myself.

I breath in, grabbing the cold door knob and entering the dark room.

The door squeaks as I step in. Laying on the hospital bed is a girl. The girl. Ever since the crash that I caused she’s been asleep.

I hold onto the edge of the door, resting my cheek on the rough wood. She looks so peaceful, like...

under the cover of the dark

my skin bathed in pretty moonlight

i closed his door behind me

just as i did every night

his wife, she works the long shift

leaving him alone with the moon

but she doesn’t know that i’m there

it’s something that i shouldn’t do

but you haven’t seen that man

haven’t seen his way with words

i’ve loved him all my life

but they’ve been married for most of hers

he tells me...

She was woven from the threads of moonlight

Pale skin, gleaming silver eyes, and cascading raven hair

She was the maiden of stars

Soaring across constellations with wings of glitter

But she was broken

Sitting in the depths of her home, the moon

Watching the world laid out before her like a bejeweled rug

She longed for love

For passion

She was lonely...

It shimmered through the trees like a pool. Orla stood right in the middle of it. She turned her head up to the moon and smiled.

A rustle from a bush forced her to turn to it. Eilem emerged from it. He looked around and spotted Orla. He smiled wide.

“You actually came.” Orla breathed.

“Of course I did.” He laughed.

They met each other in the middle of the clearing. Orla placed her arms over Ei...

I guess I’d forgotten how perfect her eyes were. And it’s only been a day. She’s so beautiful.

“Jessie,” I say, she looks at me, tears staining her perfect face.

Jess rolls her eyes, pulling the door shut.

Before I can even get my thoughts together, I’m grabbing the side of the door and pulling it back out.

“Jessie, please.”

Jess shakes her head, “Cason, I was blind. And I fell in love with you...

I stared at the stars above

To avoid your moonlit eyes

As you gazed a hole

Through my manipulative facade.

I

In hindsight

Should’ve split my chest open

And spilled my heart to you.

But in emotional honesty

Lies weakness

Because

When I admit my faults

Verbally to you

I must accept them

Mentally myself.

In doing so

I would destroy the

Paper-mache house

I’ve built over so many years

To protect myself...