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yeol
yeol

There To Count

One… Two… Three… When does it start. Does it ever stop. The days that come after too late. They will never end. And he is there to count. Though, he knows it doesn’t matter. He counts anyways..

10 0 37 words
RAVST3RZ
RAVST3RZ

Blind Men And An Elephant

I thought I'd share one of my favourite parables that has a special place in my heart. The story originated in India from where different interpretations have sprung.

8 0 363 words
yeol
yeol

Hide And Seek

And like how Life doesn’t connect sometimes: it is not a love story. It is also not a happy ending.

6 1 51 words
yeol
yeol

Is He?

Strange wetness crawls down his flushed cheeks, and he knows he isn’t in pain..

4 0 14 words
yeol
yeol

The Two

And none of the two are sure which of them are suffering. Perhaps both. Perhaps..

4 0 15 words
yeol
yeol

Because, It Doesn't

It doesn’t begin here. Nor does it begin anywhere. And, it doesn’t end here nor anywhere either. Cliche. It doesn’t end here. It really doesn’t. Really.

4 0 60 words
ineednoname
ineednoname

Smoke In The Sky

Whenever i travel id watch the clouds. They morph from dragons to dragonfly, vast valleys of of tranqulity and peace. Id delight in the calm and serenity.

6 0 76 words
taotree
taotree

Artifacts

Artifacts litter my consciousness. I travel incoherently amongst them. Brushing against their imperfections. I return my gaze to a prominent point. From here I can see a past.

4 0 92 words
stalingraad
stalingraad

Night Thoughts

In the dark and lonely nights all my thoughts turn towards you, The way you laugh, the way you smile and everything you do.

4 2 206 words
bigcabdaddy
bigcabdaddy

Consequences

Unanticipated consequences... Like shaving daily when moving to day shift..

4 0 10 words
InvaderAze
InvaderAze

Light And Shadow

In a land with no shape and no depth, there lived two mighty and beautiful dragons.

8 0 332 words
InvaderAze
InvaderAze

Plague

The smallest lark can carry it, while the strongest man might not. What am I?.

10 2 15 words
InvaderAze
InvaderAze

Revenge

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The debt in blood must be payed with blood. Of what do I speak?.

6 2 24 words
sb2uk
sb2uk

The Rose Is Red

The rose is red, the violet's blue, The honey's sweet, and so are you.

20 1 47 words
jkyle
jkyle

Beneficence

Bombastic breaths bring blazing battles, bloody baths; burning bastions, broken bonds. Believe boldly, be brave..

8 0 15 words
jkyle
jkyle

Run-On: Run

Relinquished roles reducing rampant rows. Reams run repeatedly, racked rolls right. Rates requested, roads retested. Rapid rains ring, roaring rallies reply. Release recovery ridiculous Republicans..

0 0 25 words
davisj2007
davisj2007

edenborn

lovely. born of eden. you are unlike all those of before. in this dream. you burn. and i want you somehow all the more. fall into me. and let us. fade away and out of this place. fuck in.

2 0 73 words