You only know what I did. You assume why I did it. It may not appear to be life or death to you but if you walk a mile in my shoes you would never doubt it was life or death to me. If you compared the details of his life to mine, they wouldn’t appear to be so different. The difference comes not in circumstances but in the content of character. I am not cowardly for my actions nor do they make me b...

Watching from the hole where a window should go. He wondered what it would feel like to have a friend. He had never been carefree. His father drank too much and too often took out the anger drinking brought on his mother or him or both. If he thought hard, he could remember his mother’s smile but it had disappeared a long time ago. Now, she was an obedient shell who jumped at her own shadow. He ti...

It is true what they say… if you love someone let them go and if they return it is meant to be. The well known saying played like a one verse theme over and over in her head as she gathered her things, placing them neatly in the suitcase she had laid out in the bed.

There was no hurry, she wasn’t afraid of him. He would never hurt her, or maybe he just didn’t care enough to do so. If she was hon...

Loneliness invaded every corner of her mind as she sat on the beach staring out at the endless expanse of water. Each breath brought in the oxygen of life while each exhale spoke of every disappointment, every broken promise, and shattered dreams. Silence surrounding her spoke louder than a thousand booming voices. The heavy darkness weighed her down, chasing her as if it were a starving shark see...