As soon as I paid for the six-pack of doomsday devices I knew I had made a big mistake.
I used like … three and then the rest just sat in the cupboard until I tossed them out, months past their expiry dates.
Rule One
It goes without saying that conversations that needn’t be repeated have come to pass behind closed doors. The looking glass dare not venture there, but the ear has, more than once, so slyly crept.
A Dead Voice
I sit in bed alone, reading a novel, then i hear the words “Go to sleep” behind me. It’s just my dad, and i realize my father was buried with my mother three years ago.
Plans
Stroke your fingers over the crackling plans and marvel at their hubris.
They shall build the most evil house ever!
Saturn
You were not my Sun or my Earth.
You weren’t even my Saturn.
Make-believe
Religion is a controversial topic. There are those who believe, those who make other’s believe and those who don’t care to believe in anything at all but the one thing they have in common is the thought that anyone who believes something otherwise lives in make-believe.
Bad luck
Isn’t life hilariously cruel when you run into a week of being short of cash and all your bills arrive at once, you’re neighbour ignores you when you wave to say hello and every take-away diner get’s your order wrong. Don’t get out of bed.
Work
At work I always tell the truth.
I’ve been fired like three times.
Sisters
The two sisters, as young girls, braided each others hair, borrowed sweaters, met boys at dances, and shared endless secrets, dreams, hopes and fears.
The two old sisters, both now widowed, wash each others hair, borrow sweaters, visit their husband’s graves, share a lifetime’s memories, griefs, and experiences and, while holding hands, enjoy the sunset of their lives.
What about you?
At five in the a.m. I drudged outside in the sodden morning. Thank goodness my dog would be doing most of the work.
Apple Blossoms
I’m not truly convinced it is summer until the apple tree is the perfect shade of sunrise-pink. And then I climb into the branches and wait for you to come home.
Knees
She used to get down on her knees a lot.
Not for praying.
Murder and Consequence
A small smile played on his lips as he thought back to the moment he had taken her life and how it filled him with utter satisfaction to press his thumbs deep into her throat as she tried to cry out and how with each breath wasted on cries for help he would press his fingers tighter in a cold calculating squeeze until finally her body went lifeless filling him with the power of her death. His smile faded as he snapped out of his memories upon hearing the metal bars of his cage slide shut confining him for the rest of his natural life or until they decided if he was worthy of the needle.
Redemption
As she saw her love make his dramatic exit, she quickly realised what she had done wrong-she had never loved him for his caring self, his reassuring smile, his warm touch-she only cared about his eyes, his white teeth, and smooth hands.
She quickly went up to him, but it was too late for his eyes were now a dull brown, his teeth a cringing yellow, and his hands scarred and reddened by catharsis.
The Power of Words
It’s utterly amazing how powerful just a few words can be; how they can stir crowds, wound or heal wounds, bring people to action, bring people to their knees, keep someone awake at night or allow someone to sleep, change people’s lives, and cause people to literally change the course of their own lives.
By speaking only a few words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” – “…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom , and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – “…the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” – “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” – “I have a dream!” – “Yes, we can!” – leaders have changed nations; however, the most powerful phrase in the world – not only in the English language, but in every languge, is still, and always will be – “I love you” – because those three words can change a soul.
Spicy Food
My insides feel as if they are on fire.
Maybe I shouldn’t eat lava.
Joy for a minutE
Yesterday I impulsively bought the cutest hamster in the world. My mom said it better die before I go to college.
Dreams
One time I had a dream in which everything seemed not real;not fake, just not real,like I was an actor in Boy Meets World or Saved By the Bell. Suddenly I realized I wasn’t sleeping.
Phone
That super-duper awesome new phone you have?
It’s still only going to ring as much as the old one.
Tree of Love
Countless people climbed the tree of love vowing to stay until they found it. The branches became heavier and heavier with hearts full of hope when lightning struck and love tumbled down all over the earth.