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#acrosticchallenge No one is here. I am alone, isolated inside. so Gone is my hope, as Hell arrives. Trying to survive the darkness that's twisting my brain alive.
We were the kings and queens of promise. We were the victims of ourselves. A darkness comes at dawn. Pray to your God, open your heart. Whatever you do, don't be afraid of the dark. Cover your eyes...
#sundayrepost. There's a werewolf in my garden, it's been trying to get in my door. I've barricaded the windows and I'm cowering on the floor.
#gemini I stumble on in the fading darkness, hoping to find some decent shelter before the last hint of light fades and the forest is plunged into darkness.
Chapter 6: No Way Out The creatures could see every movement with their infrared eyes, waiting for the right movement to sneak up on them.
On this Thanksgiving day I close my eyes and begin to pray Something I don't do enough I thank God for all this love Thank you for this innocence Thank you for new found bliss More wonderful than I...
In photographs of days gone by. I see a sparkle in my eye. Now my eyes are full of pain. The light inside them starts to wane. What happened to those joyful years. The vestige of them disappears.
My eyes bug out. Tessa screams. Kat drops her chicken MacNuggy. I gasp for breath. "Hey. What do you think your doing?" a cashier yells. I want to turn around to see this man (or woman) but I can't.
chapter one: She sat there under the willow, idly nibbling away at something, pondering the racing clock and her reluctance to go home.
I was their first born baby. Born in the summer they were happy with their young lady. But a sick child I was turning their days a bit shady. But I was born to fight and I made it through.
*Crack* Viridi turned sharply looking around. An energy filled her and her palms grew warm. They started to glow faintly, and she saw him. A stag, majestic yet gentle.
I wake repeatedly from a living nightmare, the world bending in unnatural ways around me.
Picture me this, it's cold, it's dark, you're alone struggling to see through the mist..
You never see it coming. The far off sounds of guns. Sometimes, the sound of a spade hitting concrete or the thud of a baseball bat against their soft heads. The screams of everyone you love.
Peeking through the cracks, I clearly saw the key I desperately needed. It glinted with rusty freedom. In addition, lying down like a guard dog, was the Koruk, all lean muscle and shiny scales.
The end has come. We shall stand and not run. The earth shall reap the seeds of our salvation, As we fight against the on coming invasion. With sunlight and sunflower, They give us the power.
We cried; our tears were dripping in the water Tears for our lives, destroyed by the wave Tears for the ones we knew who were lost Tears for the ones we hoped could be saved Our wounds were cut...
#OpussWeeklyChallenge #freeverse Swan from a river walked, on one broken foot, tried, to reach the river bank climbed, up, but struggled to find a route, a way, a path, through to the larger lake...
Dedicated to Korn With perversion this insertion Came so swiftly Cut the cord from this day forward We'll be drifting No direction, no affection Watch the soul dive You're dissected,...
(Contains words not suitable for young people) I sit here in something I wouldn't even consider a hole. It's only just lower than ground level.
Only one not getting shot is dancing Start moving Fuckin prancing It the time to move your ass Or get it blasted Had the door man take your gun away. So we the only ones having fun today.
Under twisted metal and the mountains of rubble lived three survivors of calamitous trouble. They scavenged for water, food and company. They had a pet chimpan... monkey.
11:58 PM Water drips softly in the mist of night Crickets making sounds as my ears delight . My soul is healing with what lies in my chest. Seeing things clearly, thank God for the rest.
It's hell. Screaming and yelling echoes through the blackened skies and down the ashen, fragmented streets. Chaos rules this broken place. Our new ugly king.