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MissAmerica
MissAmerica

To Lose A Life

The sky was dim when I knew something was awfully wrong, my dog was howling almost to match the wind. I thought it was is instinct. Or was the correct answer pain.

0 0 142 words
marymint
marymint

The Hero

I have always believed that there can never be an excuse for lying, that is until I read this poem.

6 2 189 words
jackalice
jackalice

This Is Your Song Papa

(Old Man Walking Long Part 2) A young boy , his father's song Did so forever haunt him, that everyday when He walked home, alone, this song he sung, To guide him.

18 3 497 words
katnisseverdeen4
katnisseverdeen4

A Strong Bond Part 4

By Gemma Doyle. At the end of service at church everyone went into the fellowship hall and started eating and chatting.

6 0 299 words
eddie12309
eddie12309

Help Needed Please

This is a little unorthodox but I've been stressing myself out over it for the past few months hoping words would just appear in my head. But I'm blank.

30 23 199 words
DarlingDark
DarlingDark

(3) Waiting For Faith

6.45pm . My taxi would be here in fifteen minuets, I didn't run around checking I'd got everything, I just sat.

6 0 162 words
misslittleDHP
misslittleDHP

27 Voices...part 10

Adult content only 18+ My name is Tess Marshall and I was 27 when I was murdered. I had only been working at the video shop for a few months on the night that I was brutally taken from my family.

32 10 797 words
galloramirez
galloramirez

CAUTION: DEADLY IF CONSUMED

The bottle read, CAUTION:KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN, He stayed a kid in his mind. Little did we know, A body, So pale, we would find.

6 2 207 words
misslittleDHP
misslittleDHP

Then He Was Gone

It should have been a time for fun. But now despair has begun. A family holiday should be fab. Not one that's tragic and sad. Standing upon the jetty. Sounds harmless and petty.

24 9 175 words
mort
mort

R.I.P Lucky

I know this isn't the appropriate place to put this, but i would just like to say, I'm a 34 year old family man that's just had his heart snapped in two, my cat of 1yrs old was knocked down by some...

20 9 88 words
chloeerowee
chloeerowee

My Granddad

Today I found out my Granddads dead My mums lying in bed Beating herself up Over and over saying he must of been lonely He's been dead for some time Only discovered now A profound alcoholic...

4 3 147 words
heyimkate
heyimkate

Halfway

---Part 3. Thanks for the encouraging comments on parts 1 and 2. Tell me what you think of the next instalment?:)--- I couldn't put into words what I felt.

2 0 432 words
wolfie
wolfie

Colonaculum

When colon cancer came They talked it over. Stoic and humoured. He drew on her bald head. She lined him up With future dates. They planned and prepared. She chose to live But died anyway.

44 28 141 words
Booklover
Booklover

Untitled

I woke with a sudden touch. It was my Mum, she told me to come downstairs. I walked into the living room. My sister was there,two nurses,my Mum and my Dad.

10 0 139 words
JessLouise
JessLouise

The Riddle Of Riddles

Chapter five. Both of us soldiered on and tried to lift each others spirits, we played some of our favourite childhood tracks on the gramophone.

4 0 143 words