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Some people wish to die invisible. They think that maybe if they are not known, no one can miss them, no one can be caused pain by their death. And maybe that is so. Maybe if I were invisible, the shy quiet girl who never utt
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"I don't feel like talking today, Chris."1
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I dug my nails deep into my victim's flesh. I always knew this would happen. I always knew I would do it.1
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Frantically, I dug my knife in deep. I had to get out the poison. It was slowly killing me. Blood leaked from my wound. But I felt no pain. I reached my hand to the wound feeling the gentle beat of my heart. I liked the feeli
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"My life's compass hath pointed me thus far." I remembered his words as though they were my own.1
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I imagined caution tape surrounding the house. "Police line, do not cross. Caution: do not enter." The trees fallen, dividing the house. Beneath a tree lay a man, cold as ice.1
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The paper burned from white to brown. The smeared ink written in a tight, left-handed scribble became intermingled with the ashes and the w
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The silence reverberated in my ears and my confidence burst into flames. My body ached for the knife. But I wouldn't give in. I couldn't, not while he was here.1
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She ran the blade across her skin. She pushed harder. A scratch. But the blade was too dull to cut. Again and again she tried. No use.1
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1 / I put my arms around him, kissing his lips. He pulled my body closer and began lifting my shirt. I broke the kiss. "Not yet," I said. "I want to make my mark first. May I claim you?" I smirke
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This was her big chance. As the music started to play all of her confidence began to fade. She was so nervous but her body moved like second nature. Her almond-shaped eyes went out to the crowd in search of the reason for her
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I'm trying not to break1 / A little taste of hypocrisy2 / Fine line between this and that3 / And I'm left in the wake of the mistakes
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As Yakov and I walked, he stared at the sidewalk that lay in front of us. I searched his eyes for an answer as to what he was feeling. His blue eyes gleamed and his hands fidgeted with nervousness. Finally I decided to ask hi
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I kept her locked up inside a tiny box. I was so deaf to her screams for far too long. And tonight, her memory escaped. It exploded onto a massive canvas, a painting of tears, eyeliner, and broken sobs. I tried to hide it. I
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Love. Oh how passionate it is. “I’ll be with you forever,” I’ve heard a thousand times. But I believed the lies that permeate from the mouths of leeches and dogs. Infinity is just a number. Eternity is just a prison. And fore
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My nails are worn and my fingers only bone. In the dark I can feel the blood on my fingers from scratching and clawing. My voice is raspy,
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Lurking in the shadows of the rooftops, I waited for the perfect moment. The British boxer was unsuspecting of my presence. As I stare at t
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I open my eyes abruptly. But my eyes do not take in the panoramic view that lies before me. My thoughts are sucked into the void.1 / And th
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I walk around with a knife in my heart, tearing it to shreds. You do not even see that the knife is yours. And I ache and bleed because of you. But you curse and scream, only putting another needle to my heart. You haven't th
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I wish your heart didn't bleed so much like mine. I want to take your pain away, instill it in me, but the pain is overflowing.1 / I wish y
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My heart beats loud / Now that the music has stopped / Silence blares in my ear drums / I feel that they will burst / My sleep deprived lids cry out for rest / But rest does not come / I feel like I am drowning in
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“Hato?” My little sister looked up at me. “I'm bored. When's Katani gonna be wake up? I'm tired. Hato, tell me a story.”1 / “Well,” I said. “First of all, sis wakes up when she's ready. You know
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The smell of burning flesh awoke me to my senses. Lupita was lying on the bed next to mine, her body enveloped in flames. I screamed out he
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Being born four and a half months early—four and a half months that I should have been in my mother’s womb—I have come to realize that there is a great purpose for my life. The doctors in the hospital told me that I wouldn’t
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Nina Williams raised her eyes to see beyond what lied with her along the shore. It was a great change of scene, from red to blue. The open
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Silence screams in my ears,1 / Echoing in the depths of my mind,2 / Forever plaguing my thoughts,3 / Taunting my fears.
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I watched as the sun began to set outside my bedroom window.1 / I imagined how her tears must have soaked the pillow at night, thinking of you. But she knew you to be strong and she was glad for
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Tears pour, making puddles all around me.
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My silent screams pierce your heart and echo in your mind, chilling you to the bone, as I dig my knife in deeper, slashing at my own heart in vain. I slice through the veins, slitting my own throat with words so deep that you
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I close my eyes and here you are. But I open them, pulling back from our kiss and you are gone. Not a trace of your existence left for me to feel.1 / And I dream of us: my wings carrying us far a
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‘Breathe.’ The word repeats over in my mind. And I inhale. But my lungs feel deprived. My body trembles. My head is light and I begin to feel dizzy due to lack of oxygen. And again I attempt a deep breath. The oxygen burns my
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Escucho a la lluvia y pienso en ti. Sueño con nosotros en la lluvia.1 / “Bésame,” dices. Y hago. Tus labios saben magníficos. Y la lluvia c
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As the rain pours down upon my windowsill,1 / I only ache for you more.2 / I can still feel you on my lips,3 / I lick them to savor the
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