They strolled into the mess hall nonchalantly in dress blacks that had the exact opposite effect of their understated design. The crowd opened up for them, the same thought flashing through the entire room.

The corporation's special forces were the stuff…

Each Robin has a red breast, dripping blood,


And ev'ry beaten heart, a bony cage,


And still we sing and bathe ourselves in mud;

From heart to fingers, ink still stains the page.

The pump has sprung a leak for you to read:


A farewell note to say it's n…

Forbidden freshness cools beneath the boards

Unwilling hornets sting the burst balloon

And gnaw the captured heirs with sated swords,


Projected slowly into sprightly tune.

It's just as if he'd never left the stage,

The flaccid vaccination of the ill--

W…

I remember the grey light. I pulled her close to me in the aftermath of our lovemaking. It was then that I told her I was leaving, not yet knowing I was wrong. Our lives were not yet to diverge.

She cried.

Her face pressed against my shoulder, I felt he…

You sometimes lost your way, but when you make it to a place like this, arriving without knowing how and why you arrived, you know you're not lost anymore. The air has an inimitable quality to itself, seemingly contained with the light of a day beginning …

Really, when you look at the shards of mirror on the floor, you see yourself returned, only when there was one, there is now many. It's foolhardy to assume such a collectivism as a denouncing of individuality; the whole is greater than the sum of its part…

It's time I made a different kind of move.

I'll go pursue my int'rests and forget

That I have duties here. I seek a diff'rent groove

Than I have heard before. There's promise yet!

I need some music

Some music for food

To fill me up

I’m in such a mood

But I’m too far down

To pick out a song

And if someone helps

Just to move me along

I’d thank you to spin me

A tune that will lift

Me out of the doldrums

A personal gift

I’m stuck he…

They say she's got an awesome knack

For giving people love

How can we know if this is true?

Just take it for the truth,

Or is there some way we can test

To verify the claim?

But yes, of course. Just listen to

The way she says my name.

I do believe the time for hope has passed

Desire she may to hear its lost refrain

Our friendship like the clouds is overcast

Abandoned love can only end in rain

Consider now the change that time revealed

No outcome of our battle left to chance

Deep wounds…

Sadie rolled her eyes at the wizard's theatrics, depositing her assault rifle on the table before slumping into a chair. This had been a nice house once, presumably housing a hard-working and respectable family. Now the upper floor had been partially blow…

"That's a powerful spell."

"I'm sure it will come off with a bit of scrubbing," Sadie answered.

The wizard Tenever wiped a hand slowly across the tabletop, causing the scratched inscription to flare and spark angrily. Sadie was ready to protest, but hel…

He knows you by your many names

It's nothing new, you've stayed the same

Protection, be it shield or mask

Will be undone, it is his task

The soldier's rifle cannot aim

The maiden pure is lost to shame

The royal family line will fail

The captain's ship no …

I saw the sunset blazing like fire. It was beautiful, with its warm reds, oranges, pinks, purples and blues.

Splashes of yellow here and there dancing like flames between burning logs as the clouds drifted by

The wind was biting, but somehow there was wa…

My heart's been touched by many a gentle word

Of kindness and acceptance. Gentle folks

Have hastened to my aid, all undeterred

When I've had trouble; they've been strong as oaks

When I've been both exhausted, frail, and grieving.

To all my patient pals…

A storm is coming. Hear the cold wind blow

What else approaches me with ill intent?

A fear is growing in me, fast, although

I cannot understand the fury's bent.

The fright builds quickly, but my mind is slow

To grasp its meaning, fighting through a h…

I do believe the time has come to hope

I'd love it if my friend came back at last.

If I am wrong I'll wash my mouth with soap,

And banish expectation to the past,

But still, if I could nourish once again

The happiness that once was his and mine,

Wi…

I'm one person.

So many people talk about how they're all smashed to pieces, losing bits of themselves, lamenting like Humpty Dumpty at their inability to be pieced back together. I've been that person, but as time passed I learned that it's not about di…

I studied the table as though the words had been written there instead of spoken and left hanging in the air.

Story is marked as mature

How I scream

Louder I scream

When did I become this person

I tear myself apart

And lose the pieces along the way

There's no going back from here

But that's okay

How I don't know

But forward is the only way to go

The tears prickle, always ready

Brimming fu…

The grass is soft, tenderly kissing my feet

The air is sweet, warmly caressing my arms

Birds laugh and sing of bliss

Here I am, on my own

The sky is a brilliant blue and crystal clear

Rolling hills of multicolors stretch all around

Miles and miles pass b…

Come on girl

put on that happy face

the one

with the smile

that shows

all your teeth.

Come on girl

put on that happy face

pretend for the world

your not breaking down again.

Cover up the sounds

of that avalanche

of shattered heart

pieces.

Cover up the man…

Oswald hated cases like this. Common break-ins, unstable shoot-em ups in the living room; panic killings. Nothing interesting about them. The killer would hopefully succumb to their conscience and spare themselves the ordeal of the guilt.

The floorboards…

I don’t want to be a hypocrite

Who gives theories as mentors

In place of the action I crave

But I’m scared

Of changing my routine

Doing some thing different right now

In this moment

-

I make good plans

Dream of perfect happy futures

Decide all the steps I…