“My family is much different from the Glantrys. We value the person, not their wealth or heritage. I’m working as a lawyer, starting from the lowest. I attended a public school where nobody knew me, and I had to work to do anything that wasn’t connected to my studies. Yes, I’ve been luckier than most. Just to make you understand the difference, I’ll tell you this family secret, and I trust you not to go telling it to anyb...

“No, Julie… It’s because I love you. I fell in love with you the moment I saw you when I was buying that book, and that love grew the more I was knowing you. The day you smiled for the first time, I felt like if nothing else in the world was more important than to make you smile. Now that I know what caused your sadness, what broke your heart and confidence, and your enjoying life, I am so angry I could even kill those be...

The next morning, he was there at ten, but I was busy with a group of tourist customers, looking for maps and history books about the city. They got me really busy for at least an hour, but in the end, I managed to sell something to every single one of them. He was smiling. “You are very skilled in dealing with people.” “No. I am a total wreck in dealing with people.” I wasn’t mentioning his request purposely, to give him...

Two days later I was in a new city. I knew nobody, had no relatives nor friends, and couldn’t count on anyone but me. I tried and tried. I passed weeks looking for jobs and the money was soon going to finish until I found a kind old woman who hired me to work in her bookstore. Not that I was going to become rich there, but it was a job that allowed me to earn a living. On the upper floor, the woman rented me a two-room fl...

  My name is Julie, and at twenty-two my life was pretty much ruined already. What did I do? More or less, nothing. A part getting a crush on the wrong guy, and getting pregnant. Michael Albert Glanrty III was the heir of a very rich family, and they would have never accepted me. I was so naïve I thought they would, and that our love would be stronger than any prejudice. Just that it wasn’t stronger. It wasn’t even love f...

Apathy clung suffocating herInhaling boredom, exhaling emptinessDaily life a blurShe welcomed change with bitternessHer bones wracked with discomfortWeighted down by inferiorityComplete annihilation of effortA grave lack of superiorityHer brain sucked dryThoughts brimming with criticismPleading; Wanting to cryShe lacked this mechanismExistence on the edge of a knifeSteadily coasting in absence  Ravenous for the thrill of...

Year xxxx. Central Tech, the center of surrounding cities. Rain began to pour from the grey; cloud filled sky. Within the confines of the city's tallest building, a mature featured boy had set himself down in a chair, body parts surrounding him. Goggles placed over his eyes; he glides a hand over pale, supple skin. The boy tinkers around with a heart, closing up the chest after becoming satisfied. Small children peer in f...

Everybody does it they say You'll enjoy it when you trip Come on it's only for today It's going to make you flip At first I was a little scared Peer pressure made me try Everybody there began to share Right away I thought I would die I immediately felt very high My mouth was very dry My pupils were large in my eyes Everybody was listening to this guy I snorted my first few lines I never laughed so very much Everybody part...

I really don't know why I bother I say hello and see how you are The words each day seem to get harderIt's like everything I say is a scar One minute things are really greatThe next minute they're cold as iceThis puts me in a depressed stateAll I'm trying to do is be nice Why do I torture myself every dayIt just gets me upset with tearsI suppose it will always be this wayThis is how this scenario appears I need to tuck th...

The skies are star-bright to the symphonies and I hurt. I ache, I've smeared my heart on the ground gladly that the world might see its streaks and judge them art. I hardly know what they are anymore. I touch, I feel, I feel like screaming, but is it enough? Is it ever enough? Things burn. I burn. I am ashes, the grit in my mouth a stain I cannot ignore. I love, beyond myself and my means. I wrap my heart around things ti...

Bad day Nothing went right Problem after problem with no solution You have come to a conclusion You know tomorrow’s another day Until then I’ll lend an ear, I’ll lend an ear Bad week Everything went wrong So much stress You just want to rest You know next week will change Until then I’ll lend an ear, I’ll lend an ear Bad weeks Misfortune after misfortune You’re just so tired Your brain so wired You hope things will get be...

  When was silence a defence When did we start to retreat? Tell me When did dignity and justice disappear? When did it not matter? Tell me when murder was accepted? Why have you not spoken? Take a stand Were you not watching the Freedom Fighters? Martin Luther king Bob Marley Rosa Parks Our heroes Tell me when was silence a defence Am I alone? Am I the only one? Hurting Where has everyone gone? Closed mouths Keep silence...