Suburban Saint's Favorites

  • Our Revolution of the Future

    by artistsrunwild 10 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Ingenius.
    The new truth created by filthy lies.
    A book written backwards but read forwards.
    Words that stop making sense once…

  • summer

    by lady e about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    i lay on my back, the green grass pricking me dully on the back of my legs and neck.i stare up at the pastel blue sky, accen…

  • Attack of the redheaded weirdos Mature

    by Loonyklownz about 1 year ago 3 out of 5 stars

  • The Tower of Babel (And it All Falls Down)

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Mr. Pickett had the most books I had ever seen in one place. There were books stacked on shelves, which sagged in the middle …

  • Chicago Snow

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    When I opened the door, I was at home in my favorite clothes – loose green sweats, which were stained and perfectly wonderful…

  • Of Hot Pockets and Unnecessary Police Reports

    by Saint Chuck about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “Oh my God, Kelsi! It was not that bad! You need to get over it.” I look at her, eyes rolled towards the heavens, and sigh. S…

  • Writer's Block and an Ethanol Chevy

    by Mask By The Moon about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    “Way to go, writer’s block. Once again you’ve left me with a blank page.” Josephine Laniver stared at her paper. The world-cl…

  • Tornado Nights

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    We were in the basement, because that’s where they tell you to go in the event of a tornado. Go to the basement, they say. Wa…

  • Will you remember me?

    by atomic heart about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    Will you miss me when I’m gone?
    Or will you keep living your life
    Just like nothing ever occurred?
    Why can’t I see today how …

  • A Kiss Among Friends

    by MeAndTheMoon about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Her lips felt soft as they grazed his.
    She was giving him a choice, a moment in which to decide if this was going to be some…

  • Phantasmagoria Inspired by a link

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I’m sleeping, but I’m not.

    I’m standing on the edge of the ocean, surveying a scene in black and white. The surf’s coming in…

  • On the Other Side of the Wall Inspired by a photo

    by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago 4 out of 5 stars

    On the other side of the wall, clocks run backwards. On the other side of the wall, everything looks different; everything ha…

  • The castle Inspired by a photo

    by Alexa ♥ 12 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The Castle

    I set a thickening brick wall, a danger-filled moat, and a locked drawbridge around the castle of my heart. Even …

  • One Pill Makes You Larger... Inspired by a photo

    by Nouvelle Bardot 12 months ago 4 out of 5 stars

    She got up from her chair and walked towards the record player next to the musician. She quieted him, promised him a free dri…

  • Knowing Water Inspired by a photo

    by Dreamer 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The water hung, as if suspended by strings (were that possible) in the air above me.
    “It’s Knowing Water,” said a voice behin…

  • Substandard Bones--Three for a Dollar Mature

    by Jay 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

  • The Lover's Leap {a poem}

    by Alexa ♥ 11 months ago 4 out of 5 stars

    lips joined in passion pushing
    into her quietly acquiescing
    body he was handsome and
    smart all the girls wanted
    to she’d be …

  • The Perfect World Inspired by a photo

    by Autumn Night 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    She yearned to be inside; a world where little specks of glitter settled upon your shoulders. Where the weather is always per…

  • That Kiss

    by MeAndTheMoon 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    “I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have done that. It’s just, I haven’t seen Sasha in so long, you know how her parents are, we h…

  • The End of Me

    by Stovohobo 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    And when the world is in my hands,
    And I can change who I am,
    I take a look into the mirror
    And realize what’s truly here.

    I…

  • Contained

    by Cavalry Calhoone 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Andraste’s feet were nearly inaudible as they padded slowly down one of the long grey and blue metal corridors that wove thei…

  • Cookies Inspired by a photo

    by Officially 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Somehow even the worst day can be made better with cookies.

    Not just any cookies, though. A plain Oreo won’t cure heartache….

  • Lost to the Rain

    by [pens&feathers] 11 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    The grey sky poured itself into an equally grey ocean. Slate on slate. Cold as the stone slabs of the breakwater, where she s…

  • Letting Go {a poem, part 1}

    by Alexa ♥ 10 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    I know all too well
    that you have no control
    over your heart, and you
    cannot tell it how to feel.
    That is not enough
    to sto…

  • The Whole Truth

    by [pens&feathers] 10 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Truth. Truth.

    What is truth?

    It seems as though I’ve been asking myself that since I could think clearly, in one form or …

  • I'm Right Here

    by Suburban Saint 10 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    Can’t you see me? When we’re alone, its like I’m the only thing you’ve ever seen in your entire life and you wouldn’t close y…

  • being empty

    by HeartlessAngel4LYFE 10 months ago 5 out of 5 stars

    IM EMPTY..
    NO WORDS
    NO BREATHS
    IT’S SILENT
    IN MY MIND IM HOPING FOR SOMETHING
    SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN EMPTY SOUL
    EVEN THE PAG…