Peeling off the smile

And the jokes

Peeling off the energy

And my voice

My unmasking would be a shock for most

I hide parts of myself

And show parts everyone knows

I’m a thinker

But I talk the most

I’m an empath

Who roasts

I rarely find joy in sleep

But tired is all I claim to be

I’m exactly what people want

But nobody knows me

Only when no one is watching

Will you meet the person I’m maskin...

White fur with splotches of black

Rippling with a Mohawk down her spine.

Pupils wide in adoration

Big green eyes sparkling in the sunlight.

Body alway resting

Ears up and alert.

Runs at every inconvenience

Especially when she senses trouble.

Regularly making dumb decisions

But quick to gaze in judgement.

Doesn’t like attention or too much love

But always around for the sorrow

To lay...

He followed closely behind his mother grasping her pant leg, the weight of the bag slowing him down. His little legs burning from the non stop moving and breath coming out in gasp and wheeze.

“_Only a little longer, my baby. We’re almost there.” _

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His mother rich voice breaking through his thoughts. Glancing up, he eyed the form of a sleeping baby on his mother back and the distructive tool i...

The rotting smell permeated through her nose.

She listened to groans and dragging feet.

She felt around her: a wall on her right and empty space on her left.

She knew this was anything but normal.

She wished her sister would have told her why she put her here

She made a soft sound in frustration.

Her situation was limited so she clicked her tounge softly.

As the noise trailed around the room

she...

The horses in the stable went wild; they knew of the coming storm

There cries echoed into the distance like a bad alarm

Whereas clusters of birds flew overhead in all forms

The trees shock as animals made their escape

The horses, however, cried and cried

Still no one came

They jostled and bumped their enclosed space as a violent attempt to flee

They couldn’t escape these stables

That were...

I love saving strange creatures,

Though I’m not technically supposed to.

But today,

I might be following the rules.

A lady called me talking about a

Rat, possum, raccoon looking creature.

I thought, oh, it must be a different species.

But really,

WHAT IS THAT?

I saw it when I first stepped foot into her living room

The creature was definitely strange looking.

It turned its head to stare a...

The floor board whined at my weight.

The cry louder than it usually is.

My heart beating in my ear

And my breath, shallow.

I listened, I waited

Holding my breath.

Where are they?

My ears perk up at any sound:

Whipping of wind

The distant cries of people

a creak, behind me.

I twist my head, peering over my shoulder

5 yards away

The man stood,

Tapping on the floor boards

from the fresh blood Dri...

They told us the sky is the limit

That wasn’t true.

But we wrap ourselves in ideas

Forgetting to even move.

Trapping our minds in mars

Forgetting our bodies on earth.

We always want to float away

But why cant we just stay and appreciate.

We’re so busy trapped in the possibility

We forget we’re here, being gifted the present.

So Don’t let yourself float away to the moon,

Or you’ll miss the flow...

The door jingled.

A person glided through the entrance.

In his dingy brown shirt,

The undeniable proof of his years working there.

With the same routine, everyday, since the late 1980’s.

He loathed everything about this shop after the 5th year.

The way the door sung at an intrusion.

The way the floor cried at almost any weight.

The way every customer looks exactly the same,

With eyes searching fo...

In a neighborhood, more dangerous than most

A young woman roams.

Her awkward gate of feigned confidence

And slight tremble in her throat,

Is a clear sign of her discomfort

And unfortunately for her, everybody knows.

If it wasn’t her strut then it was her clothes.

The clothes shown on tv shows to represent these neighborhoods.

She wears old clothes slightly beat up believing that’s how it goes.

Bu...