If only I saw the world as bright

As you had described

And maybe

Just maybe

Maybe I would be beautiful too....

I closed my eyes

A whole world was waiting for me

A place so bright and hopeful

An euphoric escape from reality

My world was only my special

My own span of stunning blues

High and below, wide and far

I flew to see the view

Clouds of pinks and speckles of stars

And though my world was clear

My life was plenty full

And I could be just "here"

And not tumble in life's pull

I opened my eyes

And my...

I watch anxiously from the safety of the ground while my friends clamber onto the awaiting carriage. I graze my eyes over the entire structure of the attraction, the tall loop earning nausea to swirl through my stomach at the sight.

"Are you sure you don't want to come Audrey?" I'm called back down to rest my eyes on my friend, Sophie, she gestures for me to come but I plant my feet down to the ...

The door to our shared apartment slams against the thin plaster walls, reverberating through the main room causing my head to automatically turn to the door. My boyfriend of three years stands at the entrance, slipping his shoes off calmly. He emanates a dark aura, his eyes stone cold as they turn to towards me before looking away while he drags his work bag into our room. Something in me tells m...

Wonder, wonder, how I wonder

Amongst this fallen world

Ponder, ponder, how I ponder

To whom should take this toll

Slowly, slowly, each soul, slowly

Has life dripping thin

Only, only, shall your glass only

Tell you what's to happen

Waiting, waiting, I sit here waiting

On my throne of bones and gold

Waiting, waiting, your hourglass is waiting

For your sand to fall down old

And now, and now, look...

My skin tingles with the remainder of the sequence of events played out just moments ago, silently struggling to control my dense breaths as my brain begins processing the conversation. The conversation I had with my supposedly dead brother. I don't even understand this- he spoke of my dad and to reach out to him but our dad left just after I was born, my mum or even Harry never speaking of him si...

Barren and cracked

The land runs thin

The sky forever burning

No water kept within

Heed to my calls

Mother Nature, bare us good

For our desert is barren

And the life here pleas for food

The sky still left cloudless

So vast and empty here

No rain cloud in sight

To wash away our fear

Heed to my calls

Mother nature, gives us the clouds

See to the rain

Will come to us found

Let your rain pour do...

"Okay, okay, which one is harder: law school or med school? I swear- if I hear you say law sch-"

"Of course it's law school! Why wouldn't it be law school?" Daniel's eyes widen, his mouth dropping open absolutely gobsmacked about his best friend's answer. Law school? Compared to learning the mechanics of medicine and human anatomy? How on Earth?

"What do you mean law school? What's so difficult...

Bang bang!

Shots plunder through the air

I cover my ears, cower in despair

"Mummy!"

I cry, though my voice too loud

The soldiers they come, arms open round

Push and shove

I'm marched into single file

Traipse through the mud and travel through the wild

Thud! Thud!

I land face first on cold wood deck

Hold myself close, embrace my neck

Cry, cry!

The babies do cry

And amongst those children, adults...

A soft sigh of wind brushes against the hairs of my neck, pulling the goosebumps to rise on my skin in response to the irritation. I grumble with discomfort, turning over to try to lull myself back to sleep despite the brazen cold that freezes my small dorm room shared with my roommate. Did I leave the window open? I frown, trying to recall my movements before resting in bed but my mind is too bu...