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inthesummertime
inthesummertime

We Stopped Looking For Monsters Under Our Beds Because We Realized They Were Inside Of Us

they don't know that i come home and literally TEAR apart my bedroom when i'm mad. the posters off my walls, the sheets off my bed, my homework.

8 2 120 words
chloewalker1
chloewalker1

True Colours

I picture Gran. I think of her sitting by the door suitcase in hand, Wondering if we had forgotten about her or just decided not to bother.

6 4 223 words
elaprty
elaprty

A Dog Left Behind

My husband told me a very sad and disturbing story about one of their dogs.

4 2 377 words
natashadanais
natashadanais

The Problems With My Little Brother

When I was 4 my parents divorced. I went through counseling, therapy, anger management classes, anything and everything I've been through. The first time I went back was last year for my brother.

6 5 175 words
michga
michga

The Family In The Mirror

The curtain is pulled back slowly to reveal a face of a small child pressed against a window.

12 3 1108 words
live_your_life
live_your_life

2012- My Worst Year Yet

8th grade. Supposed to be the most memorable year of my life so far. And it is. But not for good reasons. It all started when my parents legalized their divorce.

8 3 615 words
mollyone
mollyone

Breaking The Pattern

A small child, young, naive, she dreams and she hopes Her parents will protect , but she barely copes As Dad gets drunk and angry, he'll be violent once more He comes home late, drives the car...

2 1 197 words
tometi
tometi

Homeless At Home

Hey, I am busy writing a bit of an autobiography. I provide support for children of foster carers and as my mother fostered for a lot of years I am writing this for some of the young people.

4 0 803 words
taffy01
taffy01

The Runaway Slave #3

I wake up to the sounds of morning. The birds chirping apples falling from trees and the sun reflecting off the vibrantly colored autom leaves.

12 12 474 words
iluvpoems
iluvpoems

Part 3 Of My Second Novel

I felt a lump in my throat, and I hoped that the tears wouldn't fall over my cheeks. But no tears came.

8 5 421 words
carergirl
carergirl

Beginning...

So I know life is get hard for some or even for most but imagine when your born already into a household where your dad has beaten your mum to a pulp and she ran to hide for a year fearing he would...

8 1 119 words
joey2000x
joey2000x

A New Beginning (p3)

Chapter 3. The doctor told us that she died from a heat stroke, which wasn't likely in young children.

2 1 241 words
joey2000x
joey2000x

A New Beginning (p2)

Chapter 2. A few years ago, when I was about 9, my parents took the decision to get divorced. Although my mother or father never talked to me about it, I wasn't ok with it.

6 11 199 words
Selena4Ever
Selena4Ever

My Grandad's A Bad Man.

This horrifying horror story all started when I was 7 years old.

6 2 269 words
iLeeam
iLeeam

Untitled

There was a time when Ben would have given a shit, but considering how the bloody mass of organs and skin lay there begging for him to kill it, it just made Ben want to kill him less.

8 2 228 words
DaniDomino
DaniDomino

Gone

Seriously, no. Was that me. No. Yes. Why. I don't think I could. But... She only shoved me. Slightly. Hardly. Nearly. Kind of. But now she's gone. Her diligent, warm, soft fingers are now frozen. Icy.

12 3 162 words
SwaggaLove13
SwaggaLove13

Unicorn-Chapter One

Chapter One Alayah was a littlle girl who has a rough childhood. Her parents got divorced when she was three, she lives with her mom. Her mom doesn't give her the time of day.

2 10 658 words
Honor13
Honor13

Memory

Short in hight but her spirit stands tall with a loving mind. 4 eyes but she can see through 3 hearts of the blind using 2 eyes only 1 time.

14 0 188 words
orchidmarie
orchidmarie

Wings are set...

Tell me why I ever let you Push me down so far who you have become that's not who you are I've been pushing and screaming to the edge if my sanity Just to help you understand This is who I am...

2 0 356 words