Stories tagged with "anguish"

  • Washed away by an Ocean of Emotion Inspired by text

    Someone was playing Only Yesterday by The Carpenters upstairs… Rachel and I used to listen to them; I found myself yellin…

  • Failed

    I’d failed… everything was worthless… i felt so weak and useless, like no one would ever need me. I’d failed everyone, my…

  • Damn Tonight

    Ice Cube is rapping on a track by Scarface right now. Two West Coast legends tear up the mic. “An open and shut situation. Co…

  • I've Come This Far

    I’m the sentimental type. I look back and I think and I sigh with regret or peace or sorrow. I look at my life like a play, a…

  • Life of the Party Inspired by text

    If you could only see me now. Two days later and I’m still rehearsing your words in my mind and picturing your face as you sa…

  • Stupid, selfish... Mature Inspired by text

  • My Wisdom Teeth have Arrived with Gusto

    I had a toothache last night.

    A temple-splitting headache that felt like someone was drilling a large hole through my teeth …

  • Nanorepair, part 1

    In anguish, he stared at the surface of the picnic table. Just the day before, this table had been far from perfect. Its surf…