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A collection of poetry, flash fiction, and personal essays.

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It All Begins in A Field

Perfection is its only description. Soft grass speckled with boundless colors of flowers stretching on to the eternity past trees that seclude this safe haven. Lush, full-bloom leaves surround the…

Chaos Comes Easier

You want to know something funny? I always wanted to be a hero. To be the one who jumped in front of a speeding car to save the old lady crossing the street. The one who dived headfirst into an…

Prison Guard

Up and down I trace; row after row of cells. I go slowly, this is no race; a march to the prison bells. Their mantra is as usual, “I didn’t do it!” “I’m innocent!” after causing someone’s funeral….

Fun With Stanzas

It was horror standing there in the clearing. Ashes surrounded hide dark as night as it set fire to everything it touched. I was a coward; hiding behind bushes  not yet scorched by the fire’s…

Random Poem

His eyes are windows  weathered by age; showing the monkey bars he grew up climbing. Summer playgrounds, dancing in sunsets, shining with mischief.   His hands are tools wrinkled by the…

Fix This

I want to forget. God, I need to forget; to escape these claws that are tearing at my brain! All the hate. The rage. The blame. The fear. It’s all aimed at me and it burns!…

Traits

This is a 3-part blurb, so I stuck them together. Your Trait is Intellect Enhancing what you already know by accelerating thought processes. For example: You’re locked in a room with a single door…

Something was coming.

The whole thing seemed like nothing out of the ordinary in the beginning. An unsteady stream of rain escaping the clogged gutters over the window. Occasional clicks and pops down the dark hall. A…

Maybe there’s more than one mask. Maybe not.

The deafening noise of the party muted as he closed the heavy door. His back thudded against the door, head soon following. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and let it out, soaking up what…

Cliche

The hero has to win every battle. The villain only had to win once. And I am done losing.

I Had a Dream About a Mob

“Welcome to our establishment. We’ve heard so much about you three and are delighted you’ve come to hear our proposal.” One smiled warmly. One sighed, bored. One stared. “Yes, well, before we…

Just a thought…

When it’s dark…are the white dots I see gradients of color my eyes don’t have the capacity to view? Does that mean those who are more capable of seeing in the dark can comprehend more color…

Turns out, I’m alive.

Who new? (Get it? Because “knew” and “new” sound the same and I posted a new Blurb?”) Yeah, I’m hilarious. Regardless, take a peek if you’re interested (anyone…yup) because this doozy is one of…

Hello.

My brain is full to bursting. My notebooks are crammed full of nonsense. They need an outlet so that’s exactly what this will be. Care to continue? Brace yourself for just about everything along the…