Ben Riley

Just needed outlet in which to let some things out. Am I stellar at writing? Probably not. That alright? Yuh. -Don’t be a stranger-

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Ben Riley

Just needed outlet in which to let some things out. Am I stellar at writing? Probably not. That alright? Yuh. -Don’t be a stranger-

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Life Support

Ben Riley

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It really is funny. No amount of time, distance, nor inebriation can separate that link from them. Years passed by with my thumb always lingering on the heartbeat of us. We had been dead a long while. Even if I didn’t admit it to myself, all I needed was one pulse from the monitor. It never came. Months and weeks worth of racing thoughts in times of solitude was my prescription for the sickness I ...

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Release

Ben Riley

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The cold barrel of his .44 was pushing into the skin of my forehead. He was giving what in likelihood was an impassioned monologue on the satisfaction of catching me. No word reached my racing mind. I couldn’t help but to think of my little girl, swiping for her mobile my last time seeing her. The arduous snap back to reality was the metallic click of him cocking his hammer. Both of us were silent...

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My Fault

Ben Riley

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She never really could have changed the outcome of things. That much pressure was bound to explode at some point. I tried so hard to incapacitate my negative feelings to keep everyone happy. We became victims of that too common “friends-to-strangers” pipeline in no time. No matter how hard I tried to demonstrate my feelings to her, it was never enough. The one-sided screaming matches were somehow ...

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