Within My Dreams
I wish it would stop. My parents screaming at eachother, things shattering as they're thrown to the floor, sirens blaring along the streets, and impatient car horns. It never ends.
Fiction
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Dance of the Polar Bear
Late at night, my igloo is cozy and warm, unlike the Artic outside. Grandmum tucks me into bed, but doesn't leave just yet. She takes a seat on the edge of my bed, and prepares her story telling voice.
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The Life of a Boat
Here’s the thing about being a boat: your quality of life depends entirely upon the humans who take care of you. As for me, I suppose I’m lucky. They haven’t traded me out for another, even though I’m old and my motor doesn’t work much.
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overthinking part 2
chapter two
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overthinking part 1
prologue
“Do you think I’d drop my walls like this for–for just anyone?!” I say, voice taut. I’m almost shouting now.
Axel throws up his hands in surrender.
“Ella, it’s not like that.” I narrow my eyes at him. -
Pool of Color
I work at the front desk in an art museum.
It's more exciting than you'd think. -
The City
The city has always held me in its arms.
Softly, like a mother does to a child.
At the edge of daylight,
I gaze out over a balcony
and call each structure by name.
My eyes track its movements, -
Whitesteeple
The church had seen horrors beyond its wildest comprehension. It had seen plague, townspeople blistering at the mouth, boils erupting over their palms. -
Home Away From Home
Here is what I imagine heaven to be like.
It's not too warm and it's not too cold; it's filled with memories and generations of people. -
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