"It is easier to tell someone the truth when you can't see their face",

That is what my mother used to tell me,

So as I look into his pleading eyes,

My truth catches in my throat,

A treacherous feeling willing to grab me whole,

I try to speak,

Try to scream,

Try to do anything,

But it is hopeless for I am scared of the truth myself,

They never warned you how difficult it is to break one's heart,

T...

Prince Edward leapt from the hole, brandishing his sword and shouting, "You will all die at my comma d! Fall to your knees and beg for my..." He stopped. He looked around. "This is not Medusa's lair? What is this?"

"It's the last thing you see honey if you don't get out the way." A lady pushed by him, pushing a trolly of grocery bags. He seemed to be in the middle of a busy walkway with cafes and ...

I didn't dare look behind me. I didn't want to see how high I was, how far I'd walked. The blanket of snow crunched beneath my boots, leaving behind trails of nervous footsteps. Sometimes I had to pull myself up onto snowy platforms, sometimes I had to climb over ice caps, and sometimes I had to trudge through seemingly endless tunnels in the crevices of the mountain. The air was crisp, stained wi...

I ran to him, my smile wider than it ever had, my heart singing louder than it ever had sung. He caught me, but upon impact we tumbled to the grassy ground. I laughed, sighing when I rested my head on his chest. I couldn't see his expression but he must've been smiling too. We lay there for a moment then he let go of me and we clambered to our feet.

"What have you organised?" I asked happily.

"Mo...

I had to stay strong for her, keep my tears at bay and fake a smile. She could see through it though. She reached out for my hand and squeezed it. Her hand was cold, wrapped in gauze with injection tubes protruding from it. I stared at her clammy face, wishing we were in an entirely different scenario. But we weren't, this was reality. The ward room curtains opened gently and a doctor followed by ...

"Curtains going up in 2 minutes," the director called out. Everyone rushed harder, makeup artists fixing and dabbing at the faces of actors, the production team adding the last props onto the stage, the orchestra tuning their instruments. What was I doing you ask? Nothing. I just sat on the floor of the sidelines, feeling bored as ever. No one was paying any attention to me: I was the smallest rol...

Eyes trained on the screen, I attacked the beast, aggressively stabbing at my remote buttons to shoot out fireballs and poisonous metal bullets. The ghastly creature dodged my aims, repelling my weapoms with its shield.

"Max," mum called from downstairs, "dinner is ready."

"Wait!" I yelled back, charging at the virtual beast. My Greek-armoured soldier was flung into the air as my opponent slashed ...

We strolled down the path that lead to the cliff edge. This was a tradition of ours; every year in November we'd come here in celebration of the fact we'd defeated "him". The monsters of all monsters. Three years ago Zack and I had made a plan to kill "him" which included a lot of blood shed on both sides. It was close but in the end our side had won and ever since, Zack and I have been celebratin...

She reached for me, but I just leaned away.

"Please," she cried, her tears streaming down her face in cascades of hurt. I couldn't look at her. Not at those eyes. The eyes I'd lied to for so long. Guilt scraped at my heart, but strangely anger did too.

"No," I replied coldly. She wailed louder.

"Everything we did. Everything you said. Why?" she asked hoarsely, sounding like she hadn't drunk water ...

From slumber deep within my soul

A stirring starts to take its hold

My heart beating fast and strong

Sings the melody of love's sweet song

A symphony of joy and grace

A newfound sense I cannot erase

As if a rosebud in the spring,

My love begins its blossoming,

A burst of colour, scent and hue

A miracle that feels so right and true

My eyes, once closed

Now open wide to all the beauty that resides

I...