I pulled out the note from my pocket and looked at the address my colleague had jotted down. It turned out that I’m about twenty meters from the place. The building was old, with crumbling stucco walls and a richly graffitied entrance. It was obvious though that it had once looked beautiful and memorable, probably sixty or seventy years ago. The entrance door creaked pitifully as I pressed the handle. I was about to start...

Expansion of Mankind 3 When Sam and Kari returned to the planet Prime they reported to the Council that misunderstandings between the two cultures had been had been explained to the satisfaction of the Rovers, at least for now. There was still a disagreement on how to handle the problem of the rebels that were raising havoc among the colony, even going so far as burning farms and murder. The Rovers, after trying to cure t...

At an earlier age Charles learned to be quiet. He took up chopping wood and listened to the wind as it passed through the trees. People did not understand his life and the lonely cabin in the woods he called home. He never demanded company and all his windows were covered. No one from town had set foot inside the man’s house. The sun’s first light pierced though the curtains. Charles lay with his eyes opened. On a typical...

She comes to school, Sits next to me, I've seen the pictures...  I know what's under those layers, You can see every single little bone. She thinks that because she's not losing in her problem areas, it makes sense- Sense to do what? To starve yourself? To kill yourself? This is going to kill you, and you don't seem to care. Any normal parents would do something, and I guess they are doing a bit- buying food when she gets...

They say: "don't sweat the small stuff."Hearing this saying many times. Don't know from where it came.But often in my head it chimes.When life plays another game. Tricks always getting in the way. Life bites once more where I sit.This record again begins to play.Teeth marks cause me to forget. It is all small stuff, don't sweat.Mind overwhelmed, lost again.Fear finds a crack, I start to fret.Causing reality to leak and dr...

Satisfied, he falls asleep Thoughts drifting into dreams Mad as Hell, I lie awake Struggling to bridle my screams Traces of my stolen DNA sheathe his most private places While bleeding cuts and purple bruises defile my most sacred spaces I gently nudge him but he doesn’t stir, so I connive a hasty retreat But flashbacks of an invariable scene fill my mind with familiar speech, “ You’ll die before I let you go!" He caution...

You crept into my house in the black of the night When my eyes were closed and my guard was down You came to my bed and whispered lies in my ear But I didn’t resist; your voice is soothing to ears that bleed You weren’t invited yet decided to stay Making a space for yourself at the foot of my bed You’d feed me half-truths and rub my belly until I fell asleep Then in the morning scold me for eating too much You kept me ins...

I’m running, fleeing in fear. It hunts, it stalks, and it’s relentless. Not machine, beast or man. Alone I face it. I can’t hide. No armor or fortress is protection. No bullet or blade can harm it. It will not die. I’m its victim, its prey. It comes in darkness or light. It hungers to feast on me. It devours my heart, mind, and soul. Hiding is hopeless. Evasion is doomed. I weep knowing its assault is just. It’s my greate...

Necrosing tissue eats away at him. He suffers the pain, the torture, the terror. All in a bid to protect his loved ones. His body be used up, and his mind is worsening. Soon, he will feel nothing. Not even hope. And yet he continues in his vain bid: for nothing can take his spirit. They have his body, his life, but he will never, truly, succumb, never yield. But it is to the afterlife, he must go. As much as it pains him,...

The Mayan calendar says that the end is near.Maybe something we should watch and fear. Armageddon has been touted times, many past.Will tomorrow really end the world, be our last. My hopes are things do not take a turn, and end.But that folks around the world gather and blend. Tomorrows we may never see, today is one to score.Supporting, sharing, loving one another forever more.By CKAcres 20/12/2012

A walk inside my head be a scary trip for most.Things that lurk scare the hell out of me at times.When at the front of my mind and I am their host. Probably a good thing that I only share small bits.Never inviting many to have a closer look inside.You may run, maybe cower in a corner having fits. Fantasies, dreams, desires, mostly inside I hide.Not wanting to let them out because of fear.Mostly I am alone when taking them...

Light tries to tumble through my windowBut it only hits the glassAnd bounces back into summer.Curled up on my bed,Huddled under the blanketTo hide the cuts and ribboned pain,I see it throw itselfAgain and again,Hurling itself with rumbunctious abandonTo slap me in the face and throw me to the ground.Meaningless.The light cannot touch me now.Night jasmine is sweet and beautifulAnd scents the air with delicious perfume.It h...

There is too much pain growing redwoodsThrough this ugly body of blubber.The world has become a teeming massOf claw-covered, razor-toothed monsters,Chasing what is left in the void.Friends have become knife-wielding enemiesAnd change into spectral whispers,Laughing as they swipeAnd crush any fingertip of vulnerabilityLeft forgotten,Open and surrounded asThe main gates are barred in terror.Gifts become sinister,Smiles are...

Dive into the depthsExperience the darkness belowRelease the air from your lungsWatch the bubbles riseFollow them to the surfaceEmbrace each new breath Flow with the currentsKnow your fearsLet them float away rejoiceWatch them pop and disappearLet go know no fear Start each day with a songDance in the new day's sunEach day a new beginning Embrace living Know your fears Set them free Like dandelion seeds on the windGive th...

When you were bornI was conceived. You live in the lightI am the blackness.In your most joyous momentsI still lurk.You may forget me,I have not forgotten you.Do what you can to delayI march to meet you.Choose your religionI am part them all.Deny your fearI feast upon it.You feel me closeThe END in near.No matter what we do it is always around the corner.