Elena Rodriguez's hands trembled as she poured her coffee, spilling drops onto the worn cabin floor. Ten years as a forest ranger, and she'd never felt this uneasy. The storm outside howled, a sound she usually found comforting, but tonight it felt different—menacing, almost sentient. She glanced at the photo on her desk—her and her father, both in ranger uniforms, smiling in front of this very cabin. He had disappeared i...

Darn it! I just lost a chocolate chip on the floor. It fell right out of the pumpkin chocolate chip cookie; I was so much enjoying. What a bummer! Since that is the best part or shall I say the highlight of it all. Yes, of course, the rest of the cookie is good too. Oh but, when it comes to those sweet little chocolate chips it’s like losing a small treasure. They are so delicious! Such delightful little morsels melting i...

I would just like to share with you my little act of kindness. Please, don’t fill the comments section with things like, “Oh Verity, you are such a lovely person.” Or, “I wish I was as good a human as you.” Comments like that only make me blush, and besides, I know I will get my reward in heaven. Yesterday, I was at the checkout in my local Tesco supermarket. The queue was quite long and the frail old lady in front of me...

Charlotte Hale hated that she had to gather wild berries. It wasn’t that gathering wild berries was hard. It was that gathering them was not hard and at sixteen, she felt like it was demeaning. Her eight-year-old stepbrother, Albert, was perfectly capable of the task. So she could not, for the life of her, understand why she had to be the one to gather stupid frickin’ wild berries. “I need them for the salad, Char,” her m...

I haven't lost you I just got lost in a maze   There we were together Then one day you took a different direction And I couldn't find you You had found the end of the maze Walked your own path Chosen your own way   Oh I wish I'd seen the path you were walking Wish I'd been able to show you a different way   But sometimes alas That isn't our choice...   I'm lost in this maze But sometimes as I turn a corner I see the footp...

Who are you when the white-hot reality of the day shines down?When there is nowhere left to hide and I see who you are.How clever you are at hiding the truth.What is left of us now that I see you? Who are you when the shadows of deceit are stripped bare?When all the lies that you told come crashing down on me.How you managed to blind me with desire, love, and hope.What am I supposed to do now that I feel heartbroken and f...

She built the walls highEncased herself within No one was getting thoughNo way, No how  She doesn’t know how Or even why But he found the smallest crack To let the light inside  A beacon of lightWhich softly shone A light so bright In her darkness alone The light made her wonderYet still cower in fear The soft ample glow Made a tear appear  “What do you want?”“Why are you here?”He reached out his hand “I just want to be n...

She was lost in the maze for so many years. Entering was a mistake, a blunder. She shouldn't pay with the rest of her life. She's paid so much as it is. Lost in the maze. But every labyrinth has both entryway and exit. She must look, discover the ladder. None may call it cheating. It's her life to live. She must climb her ladder, find her escape. Discover the way to be free. Smell the air of the new day to come. It's fres...

There is a battle raging inside you,It’s beating you down,Until you forget which side you’re on,You punish me with your internal war. The war,The constant tug-of-war,Causing endless battles,All between yourself,And I’m caught in the middle. The Middle,Tearing you apart,Tearing me down,Tearing us apart.The battle of do I stay or do I go? Go,Going, gone,Such a small but powerful word,It determines my life,Not just yours,Wha...

Your silence is so loud, It screams into the darkness, Flowing through my brain, Making me feel insane.   The pounding sound, Threatening to tear me down, Running through my heart, Ripping me apart.   Silence is a powerful thing, Louder than spoken words, Especially, as love dies, From all the omissions and lies.   “Speak to me,” I cry, Breaking through the darkness, I deserve to know, Should I go?   Silence is eating my...

When she awoke, she was alone. She couldn't make sense of it. Only a moment ago she was sitting with her mother and father and two brothers having breakfast, but now it was dark, and she was alone. She tried to move but something was holding her, crushing her and she cried out in pain. “Mummy, Mummy. I'm stuck! Where are you?” There was no reply. She opened her eyes. They were full of grit, but there was no light. “Mummy....

She is cracked and dryShards of whatShould be.Empty air does not live here,A harsh lit space of nothingnessWhere blinding whiteScours reject sidesAnd spears of brokenStab the world.The winds of voicesFlow on pastUnheard.There is no soil or waterBound to take in seedsSoft blown alongTo settle lightly,Root down firm,For nothing livesIn arid pain.Tip the broken vesselOn her endFor shame.Noisome ooze of fecal oil,A black and...

Jam up and jelly tightMy, my, my, my baby, now you're outta sightJam up and jelly tight...Jam up and jelly tight...Jam up and jelly tight...Jam up and jelly tight...So polite...Earworm, earworm...Jelly tight...Lost in the imagery...Outta sight...Lost in the imagery... Lost in the landscape...Lost...Still lost in the geographic desolation of the earworm...Earworm... outta sight... my delight... oh so trite... mine tonight....

Like many others beforeHer dancing mesmerized meLeft comatose by the way she movedFloating across the floor like an AngelCaptivated by her swaying hipsThe music soothing my soulBecoming dazed in an induced tranceEach shake a drum to the beat of my heartHer beauty was matched by her eyesEnticing men to worship at her feetTurning them to stone with just one lookThis Medusa of magical dance we all fall before.This was writte...

Your face is captured like a paintingHanging upon my wallTo admire the true beauty you possessThat stole my beating heartEach vivid color seeps into othersCreating a new design of wondrous expressionBrushstrokes that wash across your soft pink skinEyes that draw you in, no matter where you standThose sweet ruby lips so finely drawnGlistening of the soft kisses we once enjoyedThose strands of long hair strung across your f...