Desolated, wrecked and set ablaze

Everyone’s soul seems molded and decayed

Wiping away just enough from their eyes to get through the day

Do they care how you feel? I’m truly sorry to say

The lack of empathy in the world made it this way

A child walking the streets alone

Because their landlord kicked them out in the cold

For being late on rent for their home

Mothers doing unspeakable things to ke...

I perished, but sadly, failed to die

As I feel my soul rip from the inside

Every step, every breath, there’s a will for a future I cannot find

Do I want to keep fighting or turn a blind eye?

My battle began when I was throwing up after surgery

My mind is in a panic, but apparently it’s not an emergency

I am belittled constantly for having to depend on IV

Nurses walk me around like a horse with a...

“This isn’t how it is supposed to end…” Is all I could muster as I watch my family home fade into the background. I do not know the men surrounding me or this bear of a man holding me like a bag of rice: sometimes over the shoulder. Gently held with two hands at times. But most definitely thrown on the ground when the bear man decided he wasn’t bear enough.

I am terrified. What person wouldn’t b...

I am the watcher. I see and guide

But I cannot tell you how to feel inside

I can show you help or walk you off the ledge

I am your protector, but you and your soul need to mend

So often, humans pray for us to guide their way

However, we are looking down, only showing you the right things to say

Not every evil will be stopped, as it creates a new beginning for you

The only thing you need to determ...

I was raised to question my worth

My parents told me I was different from birth

The only girl in a house full of boys

I was shunned away but expected to play coy

What do I know of love?

I know my parents said I was a mistake

They hated me for not becoming them

This pain left a crime scene in its wake

I was alone and didn’t have any friends

Now I’m 31, getting married soon

But sometimes these m...

The rain stopped as I woke up. I look to the other side of the room thinking I might hear you rustling around trying to find your work stuff. I often wonder if you would still be doing it now? I feel the tears swell.

“Not today, brain. I have too much work to let my emotions pierce me like this.” It is all I can tell myself everyday now. This isn’t a pleasant experience. To know what you once had,...

The morning was dark as the night before. It’s becoming the norm around the city. It’s as if nature knows what is looming in the sky and it does not want to see it. All night, the same sounds repeat in order: the sound of wings nearby, a loud scream and then the last noise always differs. Could be the sound of a car crash, a thud on the floor or the screams of those around them. I never knew how l...

Some say we all have stories already written but we are unaware of it. How every decision leads toward two options: listen to the anger on my right or compassion on my left. Both change my friendships, home, head, and life. Each moment is a clear reminder that I have two sides and both have enough power to destroy what I have worked hard to build. Too much anger leads to heartache or assault of so...

Perhaps the most deadly sin lives amongst man now. It dwells beneath the surface of the shield that pretends to protect, but leads to death. When the other sins leads us here, it is the end. We pretend we know nothing of what is going on, who caused the uproar or disrupted nature. When truths finally come to be, we see we all have turned a blind eye to something. Pretending we don’t feel it or wit...

These days there’s always a new tale to weave with half truths that it becomes drenched in debate or conspiracy. This time it’s of these beasts who demand the world’s hierarchy to bow at their feet. They’re demands are no secret and their will is consistently imposed… or so we are told.

No one here knows if these fantasies even existed in the possibility of being true until now. It’s been dark aro...