Disappearing Rainbows_Essence of Darkness_The Snow Globe_The Real Ben
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Disappearing Rainbows
Have you ever felt as though the sun is setting, and it is setting on you. They tell me it is depression, but I don’t know that I believe everything they tell me, they have agendas. I have an agenda as well, but I doubt it is compatible with theirs. I have tried explaining my feelings. I am under a spell cast on all those that were born at a particular time, under a particular planet alignment, but they tell me that is just an excuse for my feelings of inadequacy, my lack of self-esteem. I wasn’t even aware I had awww.onedoor.ccny esteem. I believe it is another one of those words they make up, to explain a...
Essence of Darkness
I am the essence of darkness. I never disappear even when the sunlight does. My world is silence or maybe it is just me. I’ve never been able to converse with Lugh, but we have grown together. I have followed him everywhere. I was on the water when he dove off the high pe for the first time. I was on the wall when he broke up with his first girlfriend. I even flash on the walls when he is sleeping as cars pass by his windows. We’ve been together through bunk beds, dorms, and now this apartment.I have tried to have friends. Lugh’s brother Reggie’s essence and I would pose in the different light...
The Snow Globe
The shards of glass glint, ragged daggers on the bedroom floor, as the voices taunting dirty Chalkers echo on the warm breeze flowing through the shattered window. Yasmine tries to calm her racing heart as she slides out of bed and sidles along the wall until she reaches the blue, threadbare curtains fluttering in the wind. Poking a pale finger between the wall and curtain, she lifts the fabric just enough to scan the street. No sound, no movement.“What was that noise, Mama?”She turns to see Eyla, barefoot in her nightgown, walking towards her.“Stay where you are.”“There’s a note, on the brick...
The Real Ben
Dear Maggie Jo,If you're reading this, something went wrong. But also, something went right. Either way, this is all my fault.No one believed me when I said I wasn’t lying this time. The empty cans we’d tied to the tripwire went flying. I sprang ten feet when I heard the clanging. I’m not lying about that either. Ten feet, maybe twelve, that’s how high I jumped before I took off running, my heart pounding like it was trying to crash its way out and beat me back to Milo’s house.“Why do you do that? Why do you lie about things that don’t matter?” Milo said, looking disgusted like I’d given him a...