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Lostris90
Lostris90

Mermaid's Lullaby

Late at night from the sea You can hear a lullaby There's a mermaid in the sea Who enchants with her singing In the castle on the hill Lives a prince but he's ill Every night with a...

16 12 355 words
Electra
Electra

Wake Up

Smoke smell, Flames licking, Crumbling ceiling, Hopeless screams, Arms around me, Hospital beeping, Disinfectant smell, Needles stuck in me, Faint feeling, Desperate, Worried...

8 1 71 words
yamaarashi
yamaarashi

Beth

Do you come alive when i sleep. Those lustrous eyes that discreetly peek, look so small but so alive, stare calmly at the wall, acting so contrived, was that i move i saw.

0 0 66 words
curiouscaitlin
curiouscaitlin

Loving Again

It feels like... I'm finally ready, you know. I feel happy I feel peaceful I feel prepared. I tried so long to be perfect: To gain control of it all, And wake up each morning with spirit and hope.

18 1 159 words
yamaarashi
yamaarashi

Facing the Lions

When the sheep walks into the lions den he's a fool to do it knowingly but if he does it of free will then perhaps it is done heroically.

2 0 54 words
HingAling24
HingAling24

Oh Yes, Things Were Completely Different

#Flashfiction You try to teach, Educate a sibling to reach Maturity beyond her years. To skip past all those unneeded tears. Your fears had come to pass. Those are the days we shouldn't advance.

14 1 36 words
burrahobbit
burrahobbit

Did You See

Yes dear, I see the plane Flying up there So high, in the blue sky Yes, isn't it high up, dear. Come here now, dear one We must go Where. Somewhere darling, somewhere away from here Why.

10 4 126 words
mizallicat13
mizallicat13

Untitled

and then i broke inside..

0 0 5 words
Limea
Limea

Please Don't

That feeling is something that Cannot be depicted Not formed in words The rough thruth is that I shall never answer to you In endlessness it doesn't matter But in life's tiny moments Waiting is the...

4 0 119 words
muhkickass
muhkickass

familiar fear

I can definitely wait. you're driving home. right now. maybe thinking of me. but probably not. I wish I didn't care. but I do. you're driving right now. in your own car. I don't know where you are.

6 0 198 words
RachelleB
RachelleB

Your New Love

Walk away from us, While we both can still stand, You have so much to confess, You've thrown away everything we planned. And for what. Some girl you say you love.

8 0 141 words
muhkickass
muhkickass

on my own

some people have someone that's always with them. not me. I'm never with the same people. people know my story. bits and pieces. no one but me knows the entire story. no one knows me inside and out.

12 4 51 words
nikujagagirl
nikujagagirl

Hear my cries

Tattered clothes, red eyes, why does no one hear my cries. Matted hair, skin and bones, I'm so sick if being alone. Caked with dirt, blood streaked face, get me out of this cruel place.

26 4 133 words
LiveLoveLife
LiveLoveLife

Souls 

So an old lady told me the most beautiful story today, she said to me, "you know how there are some people you instantly get along with the minute you meet them, and theres other you don't really...

18 3 81 words
Earthbound
Earthbound

Ebony

Ebony blade, black as starless nights. Dark aura surrounds, where it sucks out all light. Nightmares like tendrils, seep from its hilt, And yet those who wield it feel no guilt.

12 0 68 words
patdolan83
patdolan83

Sorry

(Kind of cringeworthy I know). I hope my friend you see this write. May it find forgiving eyes. So much sorrow I never felt. On bended. Remorseful knees I'm knelt. Regretting what I've done before.

14 8 43 words
niinjah
niinjah

Asteroids

30000 km away from destruction.

0 0 5 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Private J E Dunn's Wife

Hey everyone. Just a little update for you. Today I met for the first time my mrs nan who is Private John Edward Dunn's widowed wife. What an incredible lady!.

28 8 357 words
evilfingerz
evilfingerz

Birdie At The Window

Hello birdie. Did I hear a song. From you. Hello birdie. You can carry. Such a tune. Please teach me. How. Please teach me. How. To sing with the sweetness. Of birds.

10 1 44 words
niixxz
niixxz

More Than Music

This music. These headphones. They've like, grown. Into my bones. I free my soul. I lose my mind. Shivers race. Down my spine. More than music. Or moving air. You see me. But I'm not there.

10 4 76 words
janiedevlin
janiedevlin

Daddy Dearest.

How could you miss that. Not once or even twice. You missed us growing up you stupid twat. Your excuse the beer, cut price. You missed Chris's football match, He won by the way.

30 6 239 words
muhkickass
muhkickass

not today

it's been two weeks. officially. 14 days. since I was last touched. touched sexually. 14 days. since the last time. the last time I got high. I miss it. I have some in my room. but I can't.

8 0 101 words
newernew
newernew

Untitled

Once on a crumpled scrap of paper. Smeared with lipstick blots and ink splatters. She wrote a poem. And she called it "Valentine's Day". And that's what it was all about.

52 11 375 words
leelee101
leelee101

#acrostic

Evening all. Many many thanks to @RichWithey for choosing my piece as his winner. A tough one indeed, as I'm sure a lot of you will testify. (Thank god for Wikipedia...) Anyhoo, to business.

36 12 120 words
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