At Eighty years old I’ve been to many funerals in my life .Friends ,Neighbours they all held their own sadness . But yours … yours was the worst,

The feeling of never seeing you again which I know you would hate me to say .You believed our souls would forever be intertwined and we would find eachother in every life .But I have to admit seeing you lowered into the ground and a mere stone being pl...

“Go ahead “ I say my voice barely a whisper .

“ finish me off ,it’s what you came here for

Isn’t it “ my finger finds the knot in the rope that ties my hands together .Keep him distracted I think , keep him talking . “ If you think killling me will rid you of me then your wrong “

I slowly start trying to pull at the knot .

“You can kill my body but my memory will live and you can be sure that ...

Everyone wants to judge but nobody wants to listen .

The nurse comes in .Shes carrying a tray that holds a bowl of what could only be described as

Cat food and some sort of jelly like desert .Every day at the same time she walks in and passes me the same tray ,the same food , the same sentence spoken .

“Hello mr Thomas it’s angie I’ve come to give you your dinner “

That same patronising tone t...

The watered rippled with each dunk of the oar .One,two ,one,two .i kept this rhythm going over and over in my head .On ome the oar would dip into the black abyss that surrounded me pushing the boat forward and me toward saftey .On two the oar soared into the air sending droplets across the lake .If I could just keep this rythmm going ,just keep my breath from going shallow I could make it .Every ...

I leave today .Perhaps forever .I walk down the path that leads from our front door to the gate at the end .My new army boots crunch the gravel beneath my feet .They feel stiff and hard to walk in just like the rest of this costume I wear .All soldiers are required to arrive in uniform smartly dressed ,no creases .Yet even with this uniform and the boots I can’t help feeling like one of my toy so...