There are times when you come to realize your spirit is being broken down to its very essence. You don't know why, or understand what, you've done to anger the Gods, you only know that you must have, to feel so ...defeated.Demons chase you, yet you still refuse to relinquish your last thread of hope for spiritual peace. Hope is the key for ( Read more... )

For this prompt I wrote a poem everyday for a school week, just as I would need to for homework ( Read more... )

The friends raced single file along the bike trail. All of them carried backpacks outfitted with snacks (growing teens were always hungry, after all), canteens, comic books, and other doo-dads kids their age picked up ( Read more... )

"Hello there Desiree, do you remember me? I'm Doctor Mena, a psychiatrist here in Oakwood," the man, dressed in JC Penny's best combination of slacks, shirt, and tie topped off with white coat, asked in a bored tone. He rifled through a clipboard full of forms as if the answers could magically appear on the papers instead of from Mouse herself. Or ( Read more... )

See the disillusioned weep with despair ( Read more... )

My daughter found out she was pregnant while living in North Carolina. I was ecstatic for her, but nervous as well (any mother would be). The distance (540mi), and my recovering from a bad psychotic break, prevented me from seeing her during her time there ( Read more... )

The desert winds were calling to him once more, she could tell. His eyes glazed over and lost their luster as the air spoke, enticing him with its seductive voice.

She was not privy to these conversations. Indeed, her chief employment lay in beseeching him to stay; To not trek across the hot desert sands in search of the Diablos Saguaros ( Read more... )

With a bear close on his heels, Otter burst through the trees, and into the clearing. A rush of air sent warning chills down Otter's neck, and he launched himself sideways into the scrub grass, waiting for the roars and blood curdling screeches to rip the air around him. The apex predators, engaging in battle, would give Otter his best chance for ( Read more... )

Flipping through the pages of a photo album, I stop at a rare picture of the kids and I, sitting on the steps of the L shaped porch of our first house, a three story Victorian twin with white siding and blue shutters. That house holds so many memories beneath its pointed roof -- and this photo is unleashing a torrent of many ( Read more... )

The soul traveled pneumatically through the aether, alerting the woman manning the registry. Involuntarily grunting at its weight, she pulled the sign-in book from her desk drawer. Heaving it into position, she readied it for the newly departed's signature. Settling back into her seat, she waited for the confused hello, heralding the arrival of the ( Read more... )