Reach up high, cage the birds

Touch the ground, feel the dirt

Endure the rain, on your skin

Chilling you, to the bone

To the clouds, try to fly

But no, you’ll never touch the sky...

I perished, but sadly, failed to die

It was you, your motives too sly

Burning alive at the same time drowning

All while you were frowning

At my slow demise

You wished you could have heard my cries

Lost in a blizzard, no beacon in sight

All that you left in my heart was my own might

A pierce of red, a burst of color, my own blood

Hope, a little piece struggling in the snow, just a bud

That you s...

A single snowflake floating from the sky

The sun still beating down, upon still life

Clouds swoop in, taking the sky

Until one snowflake becomes many

Soon enough the entire earth, blanketed in white

You wake the next day to a bright blue sky

A meager break from a white world...

“THE INFAMOUS ‘SUN’ COMMITS ANOTHER PERFECT CRIME”

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** **The infamous criminal is believed to be a 40 year old hippie with long blonde hair, and

dark brown eyes. He has committed 25 cases of theft, arson, and fraud. His most

recent incident includes a bank robbery, and fraud. Further details to be released later.

** ...

“Hi autumn,” I said in the sweetest voice I could muster despite the circumstances. “Hi summer,” he said dejectedly. He knew what was coming for him. The annual rants, tantrums, and arguments. They usually went viral in the season committee. It even showed up on the mortal weather news, “An unexpected heat wave strikes through cool autumn weather.” That was BS, the only thing I was striking throug...

“Please tell me why you think you’re going to die,” Emerald asked me. “Well you would think you were going to die if your mom told you that you have a sister, and the dad you thought was dead, was actually a monster that cheated on your mom with a witch,” I replied defensively. On that fateful day my mom told me that Emerald was my sister that came from Sarandiel which was a magical land. Or half ...

“Did you hear that?” I asked, my heart pounding in my chest. But their faces said it all. May’s face had drained of color, and her eyes were wild. However Alex had gotten up and raced to the door. He yanked it open and rushed out, racing toward the sound. “ALEX, WAIT!” May screamed. I started after them. When we got to where we thought the noise was coming from it was quiet. Like abnormally quiet....

I know why the caged bird sings

“La la doo” and other things

The only reminder of freedom she has

The only way to feel the same

Even with a capturer’s game

Even being forcibly tame

I know why the caged bird sings

To the capturers who live like kings

The capturers give her grace

To still, at least keep her face

To be herself, in her cage

To not be wasted in her rage

She dreams of someday

T...

Beneath the willow you will find a book

Just waiting to be opened

For you to snuggle into a nook

And get lost in its pages

Beneath the book you will find a writer

Carefully crafting each page on a typewriter

Pouring their heart and soul into each word

Hoping their voice will finally be heard

Beneath the writer you will find their mom

She loved and cared with all her heart

Handled every mist...

“Fool me once, fool me twice, are you death or paradise?”

Aisling flew over the twinkling stars, a gaping hole still burning through her heart. The silence was eating her up. “After all that… nothing…!?” she yelled to particularly no one.

Suddenly a voice spoke from behind her, “not nothing…” she almost fell out of the sky. “You- you again!” Aisling yelled. He gave her his most charmi...