The ledge was only a few steps away, beneath lied the end, the solution and a new beginning. I’ve been thinking about this for a while. My mother’s boyfriend seems to be the root of all my problems, even though I know it’s not possible. The other day my father told me that I seemed different that weekend. He asked if everything was okay at my moms, and of course I lied and said everything was fine. I looked over the ledge...
Ice-cream truck is coming, ice-cream truck is comingThe kids on the street start cheeringI try to focus on the work on my deskBut that ice cream truck jingle is so distracting I tell myself to be strongAsking the lord to give me strengthLead me not into such delicious temptationI've been working out hard all this monthTo fit into that bright red bikini that I've kept my eyes on I can’t let this craving ruin my waist Howev...
By: Tiffani Mason In two thousand and eight the stock market dropped, people lost their jobs, and their homes. In White Plains New York an upper class couple lived in their four bedroom, three-bath center hall colonial. They felt like their lives would be complete as soon as they had some children to fill all those bedrooms. Before Wall Street fell into the sewers Mark Clein was at the top of his game. He was working his...
There comes a point in time when everything seems like ‘been there, done that’. Things boil down to an open or close chapter, you stop enjoying the chase and see through everyone and nearly every situation. Well this is what is happening to me right now, I have been fighting my own battles for so long that the ‘fiercely independent’ tag seems too ‘habitually tight’ around my neck, much like a noose I would say. The univer...
Tonight I cannot see the stars or moon.Clouds have taken from my view all light. I cannot see my hands or feet but know that they exist.This Stone is here against my chest but nothing else is known. I am invisible. All is gone, except my voiceasking who is speaking in this darkness. I had a name—some syllables I answered to.but on this hill I am nothing but a being struggling to exist. Do flowers know their names?Do trees...
Tears are words I cannot speak.They come from deep inside this acheand say what I can’t say.Sometimes I wish they would not comeinto the corner of my eye,then roll along my noseand touch my lips.I wish my tongue would never taste againthe liquid from that source inside.Sometimes I wish I did not thinkor feeland like this Stone,could know a quietness insideand be—just be.Sometimes I wishthat I could hold my thoughtsand fee...
Why resist,When I am clay in your hands to mould?You forge my shape. Why hope,When tears elicit no pity or mercy?You are cold to me. Why try,When all the ways out are closed off?You hold all the keys. Why play,When it always plays out the same way?You win and I lose. Why?Because.
The queen of kings Had a heart of gold About her many tales were told Some were true and some were false Did she give a damn? Well when asked she said “B***s” And there goes the rule for all us girls Don’t bother for better or worse Do what your heart desires And remember the fight was worth the scars.
Mike hung by his toes at the edge of the quarry. He took a deep breath and pictured himself diving into the milky water 20 feet below. The water was said to be 50 feet deep at its center but neither he nor any of his friends knew how deep the water was just below the cliff. Once he dove, the only way out was a five mile swim across to the outcropping they used for swimming on hot days.“Go for it Mike!” said Charlie, and t...
Dear God,It’s been a while since I went out. My children are all happily married and remarried now and well settled. My elder born is in The States doing his research work in molecular biology…or did he say molecular sciences? That is where he met his wife also doing her research on the same subject. Simple boy he was, nose deep in his books, always knew he had to make something worthwhile of his life. We are not rich peo...
