I was just putting away the dishes when I heard it. The sound of my daughter's scream. It was full of agony and fear, something I'd never heard before. But it was coming from outside the front door on the road. I don't even bother turning off the sink as I bolt out the front door, my screams for my daughter echoing around me.
I looked frantically around the street and saw her up ahead. My heart c...
They called me ugly. They said I was too gruesome-looking to amount to anything in life. But when did the way I look dictate my life. I didn't want to believe them but I did. I believed it all.
A tear falls as I stare into the reddened liquid swirling within the bottle, clutching my suicide letter tightly in one hand. I wish it wouldn't have to end like this. If only...
I sit by the gate, lethargically stamping people's passports and repeating the boring same words, "have a safe flight," with a stupid fake smile on my face. This got old real quick.
As I call "next" I don't even bother looking up to see the face. The person doesn't take their passport when I hand it back to them. Hmm. I look up briefly, feeling slightly annoyed. Then freeze. The cold, merciless ey...
They said this would happen but it just felt too surreal. Lights, colours, shapes surround me as I open my eyes to the world for the first time. The overwhelming feeling that fills my heart causes me to tear up. I wipe at them furiously for fear that will take the magic of today. My room was totally different to what I had imagined. Everything was. I leap out of bed and rush to the mirror, no long...
Music blared from my headphones as I laid back lethargically and skimmed my attention over the cameras. I yawned loudly and stretched. A few buttons from my shirt coming undone from the push of my belly. As i took a bite of the last chip in the bag, I tossed it at the already overflowing bin and licked my fingers.
Boring day calls for fun activity. I briefly glanced at the screens around me then f...
