Sent at 4 in the afternoon

By 4:30 it was read

During a time called honeymoon

Just met, still unwed

My heart is breaking as I wait

I need you to respond

Is loneliness my one true fate

Pain that feels beyond

Spiraling from this rejection

Crumbling to my feet

I thought we had a real connection

You’d make me feel complete

Drowning in shame and despair

Bruised ego, broken pride

How can life ...

I am the one that got away

Lost to you forever

The reason that you pray

I am your broken heart

Hopeless devastation

Proof that all things fall apart

I am the bad guy of the story

Inspiring dread

Making you worry

I am the one running free

Away from your darkness

Could you forgive me...

Rotting flowers can still smell sweet

But you already knew

Your house is filled with wilting roses

Dead forget-me-nots too

Hope feels like heartbreak

And good memories bring pain

Maybe I gave too much sunshine

When flowers only wanted rain...

Lie in your arms, and straight to your face

Fall in love, and from grace

Hold onto memories, and your hand

Follow you home, and your every command

Jump into the lake, and straight to conclusions

Drown in the water, and also delusions...

I loved falling in love with you

Do you remember when we met?

Always together, just us two

My heart not broken yet

Do you remember when we met?

It wasn’t long ago

My heart not broken yet

How was I supposed to know

It wasn’t long ago

You were my sun and moon

How was I supposed to know

You’d be gone so soon...

There’s a sadness in summer’s end;

Red and brown,

A misty town,

The feeling of losing a friend

And there is beauty in autumn’s start;

Crisp, fresh sky,

Mountains high,

Embers igniting inside your heart

Winter and spring

Dance and sing

Celebrating everything

Wet and dry

Laugh and cry

Watch the seasons go on by...

A gray day in summer reminds me of you

Soft, nostalgic fog I can see right through

Electric air, a heavenly glow

Getting to know you, then letting you go

Stay in bed until noon just to listen to rain

Grieve our little love more than I can explain

In the eye of the storm, blessed or cursed

Less afraid of death because you went first

Pleading for you to visit my dreams

As warm June rain fills...

“STAY AWAY FROM JOEL GREEN,” I read while standing right next to Joel Green.

The mysterious note had appeared on the kitchen counter that morning. It was neatly folded and tied with a thin, white ribbon with the remnants of a popped balloon at the end.

At first I thought Joel was playing a prank on me. After a whirlwind romance of only three months, he moved in with me last week.

I flipped t...

We used to stargaze every June

On our favorite beach, on a sandy dune

You’d hold my hands and make me laugh

I brought a bottle of wine, you had half

We discussed our plans for the upcoming years

Sharing our hopes and wishes and fears

My head on your chest, your fingers in my hair

Crashing waves and sweet salt air

You kissed my lips and gave me a ring

Everything was perfect until the next s...

At 3:33am, Sam was listening to a thunderous round of appalause. For the third night in a row, claps, cheers, and whistles erupted from the dark basement and lasted for exactly one minute. When the clock read 3:34am, the world was completely silent again.

The first night that it happened, Sam thought she was dreaming. A loud, sudden noise startled her awake and shocked her into consciousnesses. S...