Sign In

Explore Unputdownable Stories

Thousands of free stories. Support your favorites when you're ready.

Showing stories tagged with #existential-reflection Clear filter

sammielee46
sammielee46

Religions?!

#religion. #acrostic. Realistic views,. Everyone has their right to choose,. Leaning one way or another on the point,. I find it difficult to believe to anoint,.

12 6 62 words
evilfingerz
evilfingerz

I Hate Goodbyes (Sorry)

#iftheworldendstomorrow If a truck came and ran me down Furious I'd be at my last words If I got held up at gunpoint and didn't survive Don't forget me afterwords If a freak virus got...

8 2 154 words
sophiaSEAWI
sophiaSEAWI

Thinking

Sometimes i like to just sit and think. Maybe under a tree with the cold chilly wind blowing through my hair, maybe on the ocean side beach warm sand mushed between my toes. Somewhere peaceful.

0 0 460 words
liveitliketheweekend
liveitliketheweekend

A Question In General

What if you weren't here. What if I wasn't here. What if I didn't know you. What if you didn't know me. What if your friends didn't know you. What if my friends didn't know me.

8 2 121 words
merlin1038
merlin1038

Your Blotting Board

I am a blotting board A sponge to soak up all that's bad.

18 0 156 words
al_ec
al_ec

As The Sky Weeps

The rain, it pours with an overbearing sigh As the clouds continue to darken the sky How can a day, previously so bright End up like this, with traces of ice.

32 3 78 words
Delilah
Delilah

Honey

At the bottom of my garden Amongst glossy foliage Which shimmers and gives Nature's hue Glistening to everything little thing Is a beehive. My beehive To which I tend And watch the bees.

16 4 145 words
jackalice
jackalice

Five Lies

The first lie is this verse The second lie is life The third lie is a number that is more than the sum of man divided by Time The fourth lie is the promise made in love. The fifth lie is Time.

22 4 136 words
Klaire
Klaire

What Ifs

Lately I've been thinking, What if I had said yes. Maybe I wouldn't have gotten, Into this whole mess. What if I was never born. What if I'd chosen right.

16 0 176 words
AlisaPerne
AlisaPerne

Drifting Away

What is love. Most of us haven't given the question a single thought. We're brought up to assume Walt Disney had it all figured out with the 'Happily ever afters'.

20 10 499 words
HingAling24
HingAling24

Dreaming Is Believing

I dream so much. I dream at night. I daydream in the day. In the abundance of light. I dream in sadness and I dream in wealth. I dream in sickness. I dream of health.

24 2 93 words
jackalice
jackalice

Father

Father, I have failed you for 30 years, Forgive me, father, all my sins Father, You left me alone when I was 10 And I have prayed every night since then Father, I beg you to guide me now, for Life...

32 3 224 words
BethyBoo
BethyBoo

WhyDoWeLetOurHeartsGo?

WhyDoWeDoIt. DoWeDoIt. WeDoIt. DoIt. WeDoItWhenWeSeeFit ... Why do we fall in love. Or get the flutters in our stomachs, like the wings of a dove. Why is it so easy to fall.

26 9 171 words
Delilah
Delilah

Cloudless

A crisp, clear night When my breath rises As a serenade to the stars, Little wisps of life That will not neatly end But fade out, carried upward By some celestial current Which science cannot label,...

36 15 133 words
chanelbrewer
chanelbrewer

I Am Not Miss America

I am untamable The life before me holds no boundaries Decisions left unmade for a reason But the reason is yet unknown Confusion befools me of my emotions I don't even know myself I am from the...

2 0 207 words
beergrylles
beergrylles

The River Of Life

I look down from the old bridge into the river below. The reflection of sun, sky and cloud looks back at me. Water meanders on its long and weary way to and fro.

18 0 134 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

What A Life

Today I'm in your mind Tomorrow I'm in your heart Yesterday I was blind But now our future can start What are the variables of love. Attraction, lust, communication, trust.

24 10 161 words
evilfingerz
evilfingerz

How I Know Everyone In The World

When you lock eyes with a stranger, your worlds connect. Even though you may never see each other again you still entered the others world. Became a piece of a memory not remembered.

6 0 124 words
Rasher
Rasher

Stars Night

Stars twinkle in the sky. Shinning bright ever so high. Some soaring leaving a streak. Some wide awake just gleaming with gleem. Making shapes of what's already there. Just like Vincent Van Gogh.

14 2 149 words
patdolan83
patdolan83

When The End Is Nigh

When I'm lain motionless. And the darkness is near. Will family surround me. Will anybody be there. Will my deathbed be a single. In a one bedroom home. Will I go with a whimper. In a cold room alone.

26 4 84 words
Kathyc
Kathyc

Imaginary Feelings

Everyone says that fear is imaginary, Well if that's true, Guess what, Love must be too. Imaginary love, That must change all that we thought, All that we've yearned for, And all that we sought.

14 0 92 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Memories

I couldn't move: no sounds from cries Deep rooted fear froze me on the spot My life flashed right before my eyes I'd remembered everything I'd forgot How is it that our brains take in every tiny...

38 12 246 words
ckahn
ckahn

On The Wings Of Shared Humanity

#bestofopuss/personal favorite ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sit down and ponder with me life's small and weighty matters. Does the death of a man or beast or flea leave an angels heart in tatters.

38 9 157 words
leelee101
leelee101

Wonder

Oh wondrous Monday morning. How I wonder what you'll hold. I wonder what I'll find. And how much more there's to be told. The first thing that I see. Is an oil spill on the floor.

34 18 112 words
Page 1 Next