The reflection of colours red and blue blinked making a screeching sound as the four legged heavy mechanics dashed away past the alley. Their expressions lay blank with panic as they aggressively urged their car to fit in between a narrow path, desperate to avoid being found. On both the walls beside them, old red bricks were covered in vines and dozens of outdoor black industrial staircases leadi...

The sound of their voices clashed in chaos,

yet again, my parents were cross.

I grazed my fork against the mashed potatoes.

And some lying cold, sat across the sides of the tables.

Our house had walls and a roof,

And screams louder than a dogs woof.

I had been here plenty times, foods left untouched,

And arguments left unpatched.

as my mind and the world around me unfolding as they detach.

I had...

My teeth clawed into the seeps of his pale skin,

Saliva all over his thin chin.

Groans

Pantings

Whispers.

Time had stopped

I was consumed by his taste

And his soft breaths raced.

I was in love once, Yes once.

And I had cut into his heart.

We would tease and blush,

we'd watch movies and I would try to make him hush.

I yearned to never grow apart, but it was bound to start.

We daydreamed about our...

TW: su!cide

Like a daisy in spring ready to bloom,

little did he know it would all go boom.

He sprung up and let his petals unfold,

not doing as his father told.

He did not want to pursue law,

That might have been his flaw.

He and his father endlessly fought,

yet acting was still all he wanted to be taught.

Ignorantly he bloomed,

his father fumed,

which led to the boy's doom.

and the black meta...

The mask is slipping

I want to love who i wish

I will not suppress.

...

i couldn't hear myself think, it was louder than three blenders going off at the same moment. it would go on and on, it would never stop. it wouldn't speak. no, it would make a fuss and cry, coo and smell funny all day round. they all found it cute. I would bark to grab even the slightest bit of attention but i hadn't known that my presence had grown to be a nuance, i had become forgotten. i had b...

the sound of water splashing,

and edges of paper crumbling.

and the wails of my younger sisters rambling.

i could hear it all,

even the scent of the lemon,

the lemon that fell upon the pond.

the same pond where our boats would set sail.

she clung to me like the branches on a tree,

i tucked her hair behind her ears,

like grandma used to do.

as we watched the lemon float.

it was all loud.

the whi...

the sound of water splashing,

and edges of paper crumbling.

and the wails of my younger sisters rambling.

i could hear it all,

even the scent of the lemon,

the lemon that fell upon the pond.

the same pond where our boats would set sail.

...

pitter patter, the clink of the teacups went

as he fed me weeks day old bread

in the windowless basement where i was kept.

children's stories he read

in the almost concerning pink bed.

Tossing

Turning

Trembling

hoping for the day i get out

hoping for the day i feel again.

the great wooden door flung open

i could not see, not a thing.

the streak of light glimmered

directly on my bare face

and l...

Diamonds are beautiful, but they are also strong,

i was the diamond, my mother used to tell me.

though i wasn't so convinced, after all im weak,

how long am i going to rot in the comfort of my bed,

while i creak?

you used to say i was unique.

i hate lies,

my mother used to do it all the time,

the lying the drinking the smoking,

"the good the bad the ugly are whats good for growth" she says,

yet ...