Inspired by Music

So this is it, guys! This is the very last day of My July Challenge. You guys have been... so enthusiastic, more than I could have hoped for. So thanks so much for all your comments and encouragements. Read more »

The childhood games; you and I jumproping on the school pavement, playing hopscotch on the sidewalk in front of the bar-ahh, it brought my mind back to bliss for a moment, not a long moment, but enough time to barely save my mind from insanity.

After the moment where I was completely lost in my memories, i felt my sneakers slapping the pavement rapidly, and we were running. I looked behind, and I saw what we were running from-the very thing our parents told us to NEVER cross; the gang, Diamondbacks. Read more »

I had my jacket buttoned tight around me as I walked along the sandy shores, water lapping gently against them. My boots made high-heeled impressions in the sand. I closed my eyes. Read more »

“Vanessa, how could you be so stupid-“
“Is that the kind of girl you are at school? A @#!*% who doesn’t know any better-“
“Did we raise you to be this irresponsible? Did we really-“
I couldn’t take it anymore. I jumped up and grabbed my jacket. I ignored Mom, who was shouting at me from maybe a foot away, and Dad, who was yelling at me from the kitchen. I stepped over Dad’s pit bull and ran outside.
The garbage truck was out in front, and to my relief it was a familiar face throwing trash bags into the compactor.
“Harry!” I shouted, running to him. “Harry!” Read more »