My friend. Why did you leave?
My brother. How could you have left me alone?
My other half. How could you do this to me?

I sit on the edge of my bed, fingers softly caressing the rough bumps of the rope. The blinds have been drawn closed, but still, a streak of light slithered through a slit. Thoughts, memories, regrets swarm in my head. Is this the ( Read more... )

"Do you love me?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure?"
"Of course."
"Then why are you leaving me?"
"I have to."
"No, you don't."
"I have to. It's duty to my family. You know I can't refuse this."
"You don't love me."
"I do...I-"
"NO YOU DON'T! YOU'RE LEAVING ME. QUIT BULLSHITTING ME! YOU'RE ASHAMED TO BE WITH ME, TO BE LIKE THIS, TO BE DIFFERENT. YOU WANT TO SHAKE ME OFF ( Read more... )

"It's so true...
That I'm nothing but a fool for you...
Loving you with all I got,
I don't care if you love me or not!"

"That's a stupid thing to say," a chubby boy snickered as a pair of grubby hands reached for the plate of freshly baked cookies.
"Why do you think so?" the mother swept across the kitchen, checking the boiling soup on the stove, "No ( Read more... )

tears.
salty water.
the ocean.
let it go back to its origins.
wading in.
waist deep.
gone.

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I like to smile
I like to laugh
I like to smile smile smile
I like to giggle
I like to snort
I like to smile smile smile
because between a mile from here to there
i can change.

Strip me naked
Who am I?
Strip me naked
What do you see?
Cut me open
Are you disgusted?
Cut me open
Take a good look
Are we different?

Twinkle, twinkle, little star up above, it ( Read more... )

"I'm leaving tomorrow," he said. Was he looking at me? Was he fidgeting with his fingers? I didn't know because my eyes were glued to the ground. My bangs poked the whites of my eyes, but I didn't bother to brush the strands away. At least now I had an excuse for red eyes. I gripped the straps of my backpack tighter to fight the quiver crawling up ( Read more... )