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The Hiding Place

There's a blue plastic box. Tucked under my bed. Brimming with secrets. Traced from my head. Inside there's a notebook. That's purple and white. And filled with ideas. I dream of at night.

30 2 163 words
ehayles
ehayles

Complicated

You know when you get those days when nothing goes right. I just want to find something new in my life. I'm fed up of what I'm doing at the moment.

2 0 197 words
sparrow
sparrow

My Turn to Wait

On a coach in the middle of nowhere, Shrouded by fog so thick nothing can be seen. Every song reminds me of you, And if I sleep you'll haunt my dreams.

6 3 230 words
burrahobbit
burrahobbit

Limits

I'm just a loving fool it seems With no chance of reaching dreams.

20 8 142 words
jackalice
jackalice

In The Rain I Can See....

In the rain I can see eyes. In the rain I can see faces. In the rain I can see, I can see, two boys, bouncing upon a trampoline.

6 0 87 words
HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

Alone.

Does anyone else feel Alone And Isolated.Alienated.Frustrated.Berated.Elated-Then-Slated.

40 11 32 words
Weirdwolf
Weirdwolf

Fire In The Sky

"What do you mean it's too early for beer?", he said with a mischievous smile. He looked to the sky and than said with a sneer: "I havn't had beer for a while.".

24 5 152 words
sparrow
sparrow

Maudlin Self Pity Song

I am cocooned in a tenuously familiar space. Only slightly less alien in this alien place. The rain pounds fists on the windows, the loudest I've known. The streets are rivers outside my almost-home.

8 0 139 words
overskill
overskill

Home Planet Observatory

"Is anyone out there?" I issue my daily cry to the universe. But the only voice that responded was the feeble echo of my own voice. I can hear the desperation in the sound.

18 1 156 words
oliviamay_lynn
oliviamay_lynn

I Get Lost

Nothing can pick you up on a day like this Everything seems so much worse than it is eyes mist over hearing goes blank Whatever you do doesn't matter Feels like I'm running so far away Trying to...

12 0 168 words
peanutbutterluv
peanutbutterluv

Wishing

There are times when I feel alone. It feels that if I screamed no one would care. I really want to scream. I want to walk through the forest and be the only one there.

6 3 175 words
AlexJessop97
AlexJessop97

Suffering Silently

Suffering silently, my own sadness, Caught in my own deranged madness, Oblivious, I don't know how, No body wants to know me now.

10 0 101 words
Antony
Antony

Nathaniel's Daughter

Nathaniel knew there was something different about his daughter these days. She was changing.

30 7 1118 words
TheGoldRibbon
TheGoldRibbon

The Little Girl...

The little girl sits on the swing, With which the wind plays, As she stares into the horizon, Caped in a murky haze.

40 9 136 words
HeatherAnne
HeatherAnne

There Is No 'Reality'?

#ProjectHumanity A paperless place, Just wires and lines, And online transactions, And alerts, symbols, signs. A place without pencils, Just pixels and grit, As many computers, That can possibly fit.

100 18 129 words
MelchiorJ13
MelchiorJ13

Today's Forecast

Spiced orange candles, Mp3 on loop, Stacks of coursework, hail storms, And a carton of cranberry juice.

16 2 89 words
mew
mew

Alone

I am home alone. My parents are at work and it is precisely 7pm. Pitch black darkness surrounds me as I bundle up on a desk chair before the dim-lit computer.

10 2 227 words
tattyteddy
tattyteddy

Where am I?

Where am I,. With ceilings so high. Chandeliers fall from the sky. Where am I,. With the windows so big,. That the whole word can see me jig. Where am I,. People stare. Looking here and looking there.

14 0 53 words
HingAling24
HingAling24

Factual Fiction #3

From@HingAling To@Smellyfingers (1) We all live our lives in little bubbles of bliss Head in the clouds getting high proud and seeking new kicks Is ignorance bliss.

22 8 427 words
joceyjelly
joceyjelly

They Ask

People always ask what's wrong. Truth is I have no clue. Am I mad. Is it just me. I feel alone when its dark even if I have a whole crowd around me.

2 0 172 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Factual Fiction

For @HingAling24 We all live in our little bubbles of bliss Head in the clouds getting high and seeking new kicks Ignorance disguises more lies for our kids A truth in a reality that we all have...

34 19 339 words
sleepydragon
sleepydragon

No Comfort Farm

'twas a cold winters night. All bluster and blizzard. Snow down my neck, toes like fingers of ice. The wind found it's way through clothing and skin. Wheeling and stealing the breath from my mouth.

26 5 241 words
ClaireTilley
ClaireTilley

Birthday Cake

Sitting at the head Of a long empty table. I'd manage a smile, If I were able. Humming the pitchy tune That echoes through the room. A cake in front of me, No one else will consume.

34 4 105 words
AJBrown
AJBrown

The Dancer

I dance in a pitch black room, No one can see me there. To only sounds, gentle cloth, Floating in the air.

50 9 94 words
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