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marlinhoister
marlinhoister

Amaze

A room webbed in shadows, a maze of mirrors, distorted into confusing curves.

4 0 119 words
richardbutler
richardbutler

There Is No Light In The Tunnel

I always thought their was light in the tunnel. We've always been told there is. And for months I thought it was true. As much as I looked I could not see the source. But there it was.

0 0 106 words
melody
melody

5 Lively Seconds

It's just as is, When I believe a bit... And I wait till stimulus turns me numb. All along the way, he listens to th solitary drop of that breadcrumb.

14 0 219 words
lonelynutmeg98
lonelynutmeg98

Under The Mask

He's wanders with a mask, You do not see his face, Any normal person would think this a disgrace, But on here we live with our open minds, Not self-contained all the time.

22 9 105 words
georgiacollard
georgiacollard

Descriptions Perfections!

Descriptions , perfections You describe it how you want it to be. They are very similar you see, Perfections are down to descriptions, Not just foretold by you or me.

16 1 142 words
Weirdwolf
Weirdwolf

Dark & Light

He was not afraid of the dark, for it was light turned inside out. He always found himself illuminated, where others fumbled about.

40 14 111 words
IndiaSparrow
IndiaSparrow

Customary Judgement

Just stop one second. Take the time to look and hear Before you apply your usual, Customary judgement Just what exactly do you fear. Is it the inexplicable.

18 2 106 words
shanwan
shanwan

The Lady Versus The Gentleman

She twinkles in the light. Drifts her glowing eyes across their faces. Silent now, quietness. She wonders 'will they notice?'. A question lost in her inaudible sigh. She stirs.

30 2 149 words
Noonington
Noonington

Untitled

They wear make-up because they want to look pretty. They wear expensive clothes because they want to look rich. They wear tan because they want to look cosmopolitan.

26 0 137 words
Taffery
Taffery

Opening (comments encouraged and welcome)

As I was lying there on my back, the soft prickles of grass touching my bare arms, I looked up at the sun shining through the gaps between leaf and branch.

8 4 141 words
Karamin_Daze
Karamin_Daze

Art Is A Science

Art is a science. You move up and are told straight away that all you know is false, and start again.

4 0 127 words
cf151
cf151

Distant Star

Looking out from afar. It is I, that I witness in the distance. I stand alone; Unique, But then I do seek to pervade that Shadowy Dark. It is I out alone - Upon those mountainous, Off-cut peaks.

4 0 117 words
Karamin_Daze
Karamin_Daze

Dust: Is This What's Killing Us?

A shaft of light sweeps through the gap, Leaps past the hinge in the door, Drenches the floor, the mess and the air, In a beam of brilliant white.

2 0 136 words
efflorecence
efflorecence

Only A Few

You register every glint, every dazzle, Of the purity that surrounds us, But only through your eyes, Would we be able to understand your experiences.

4 0 121 words
AlexMurray
AlexMurray

Self Awareness

You are now breathing manually. You are now aware of the fact your clothes are touching your skin and you can feel it.

222 25 71 words
Nom
Nom

Myopia

I am shortsighted. Mostly it's annoying having the faff of putting contact lenses in each morning, or remembering where I left my glasses. But sometimes it's a beautiful, blurry world.

26 11 83 words
geekmoose
geekmoose

Perspective

Hundreds of times before he had walked past the building.

2 0 290 words
SwaggaLove13
SwaggaLove13

Beautifully Ugly

Sometimes what you call "ugly" is what I call "beautiful".

18 4 63 words
quackoquack
quackoquack

Light

Light. It's everywhere, it's everything. No matter where you look, it'll be there. It's the force of the world. Without it there'd be nothing. No sky, no sea, no people. Light is what keeps us alive.

8 4 314 words
jrbx
jrbx

Interpretations And Visions

So my room in my house is the loft, otherwise know as the attic. It is here where I have a skylight that's approximately five and a half feet wide.

0 0 166 words