Beneath the willow, you will find

a shadow of my friend and I

as colors fall from the sky,

a mirror of our past.

A hand of mine encircles him,

my thumb tracing along the rim,

a gentle stroke to say goodbye,

farewell to our past.

He tips below to hug the base,

to take the Willow’s calm embrace.

The rugged roots turn sooty gray

as he becomes our past,

a mark of what we had....

Where there is light,

there is always a shadow close behind.

I trail the trim

of glow brimming her skirts.

I step so close

the burn whispers on my skin,

fire pushing my finger back.

My patience running thin.

I grasp at her hair,

light fading through my palm.

I meet her gaze,

eyes blinded by its glare.

The shadows come upon me,

tears the only burn left

lingering from my stare.

Where there is ligh...

With tired eyes, she falls to sleep

Escaping to her world of dreams

From pages does he come alive

The basis to her perfect life

Their hands entwine; their fingers lace

He peppers kisses on her face

For in this dream, he’s now all hers

As he’s no fable in her world

Yet, though she hopes, she knows of truth

This flawless man is just too good

Her shattered vision starts to fade

The wistful night t...

The bunker door groaned against Marina’s hand as she pushed against it, a sliver of light peering through the heavy hunk of steel. She paused in her pursuit as she felt the bright beam of sun brush across her nose, her eyes trailing the flecks of dust floating like stars in the sunlight.

Three years.

Three years she’d been entrapped below the dirt, her only company being the old-fashioned radio...

Shut me in

Strap me tight

Wipe these worries

From my mind

Warp my thoughts

My memories too

Tell me lies

Until they’re truths

Take my past

Cleanse my eyes

So I’ll forget

Until I die

Let my senses

Float amiss

For my ignorance

is my bliss...

The sharp scent of rotting fish corroded the dank, stone space around her. Above, she could hear the calls of men and stomps of boots against the wooden floors of the upper deck; the chorus of noise only worsened her growing headache as she searched her mind for a plan of escape, only to be left empty of an idea yet again.

Her chains clung tight to her wrists, pinning her into the wall to be hun...

Minds fall away

Thoughts float astray

Our life and strife in tandem

They all exist no more

Views shift askew

Memories born anew

Our mindless dance in dreams is

The beauty of the sleep

Sense turns to dust

Worry starts to rust

Archaic and of no use

They all exist no more

Eyes closed to view

While souls see the truth

The wonder of worlds unknown

The beauty of the sleep...

“My king, I implore you to reassess such a decision,” Lord Cowel demanded, his brows knitted in a knot on his face. The majority of the royal court seemed to hold similar expressions of frustration as they sat around a long table in the court room, the young king at the end of it.

“And I demand you to cease your ramble,” his majesty responded with a scowl, tapping a finger on the wooden top of ...

They’d both came to kill the king.

And they were both sure of the other’s intentions as they stood face to face, occupying the same hiding spot in the shadows behind the throne.

“Leave now, or else I’ll kill both you and him,” the woman of the two threatened in a harsh whisper; she needed to solidify her place in society as Queen, and she’d worked too relentlessly to be stopped now.

“Like...

I could feel my heart beat out of my chest, the palpable feeling of it drawing my breath short. I gasped for air, each desperate huff hurting my chest. My nails drew red marks into skin and bone as I clenched the core of my body. My free hand reached desperately toward my phone, calling the damning three numbers like an old friend.

The response was immediate and the aftermath was the same. C...