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• precious beats

  by happy is a choice about 1 year ago

  ..it had a steady beat, his heart. Its melody never changed. I listened so closely as small tears welled up in my eyes rememb…

• We are the Right Now

  by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago

  In the stillness of a summer night, I can’t tell if I’m awake or dreaming.

  Everything around me is coated in a fine layer of…

• Even the Voices Have left Me

  by SKermitgorf about 1 year ago

  It was dark, I felt claustrophobic. The last thing I remember is the voices in my head, telling me to kill my sister Lolly.

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• Dead Man Walking

  by Stovohobo about 1 year ago

  “All right, Rivera, just make a clean incision along the left cheekbone…that’s nice,” murmured the doctor to his assistant….

• Like a Wave

  by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago

  How is it that you make me feel brand new?

  I’m sitting here underneath the already-turning oak tree, the one way in the back…

• Thanks for letting this happen(It took two for this to happen)

  by Raex about 1 year ago

  In the beginning through imagination
  We dreamed to be together
  Almost together in action

  In action
  We never settle on our im…

• The Language of a Memory

  by [pens&feathers] about 1 year ago

  We were both sixteen, something I will never forget as long as I live. As long as I keep in my heart the memories of us that …

• Alive on the Burning Coast

  by Richard Peck about 1 year ago

  He could tell the crew had changed in some way, and he had a sneaking suspicion it was because the ship was in site of Americ…