How did our best friends turn into strangers? These jellies turn to cigarettes Memories into regrets Promises into threats, 7up turns to gin Needles…
Fixed
We are shunned and made to believe That the world is not as bright as we would like to perceive. That the silver lining is…
Stars
Stars seem odd to aspire to be. They are beautiful and they shine, yet they burn out and die, as we do. They are so…
Orange Overalls
I keep them safe inside me mind, locked up very tight. They hum and haw incessantly. Restlessly. But I – I say nothing. The walls,…
Clichés
I worked so hard to create an us that I lost myself in the process. I know it’s a cliché, but that doesn’t make it…
Sooth-Said
He tells himself a story: “I am great. I am wise.” There will be truth in that story. What though, it’s only lies. He listens…
The Dark
“I can’t face it,” you say. I stand quiet, don’t want to wound you when you’re already bleeding. But your words are shards, the barbed…
Mr. Crestfallen
He shuffled along the pavement like dead leaves in the wind, always carrying a third support. Mr. Crestfallen’s sombre eyes drooped into heavy bags, almost…
Journeys
They loom in and out of sight with eerie speed, like ghosts of places left behind. Pale and colourless against the dark, silhouettes of light…
The Fire Dancer
I dragged the match across the sandpaper coarse side of the box. Splintered sparks scattered outwards with a flare of life. An amber corona swaddled…