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Damn it! We're still alive!

The world hasn’t moved, not really. Time, It’s been holding its breath like it knows better than to mess with us. Truth is it’s always been this way. We don’t change. We endure. A lady walks in, orders chaos with a side of nerve. Yeah, that’s for us. Who else has the stomach? We’re the unholy... read more

Why did I retreat?

For I had long known the answer before my heart found the courage to speak it. Thus, I chose silence over pleading, and a quiet farewell over lingering hope for I was never the soul that dwelt within his heart, nor the thought that graced his mind. I stepped away, not because I ceased to love, but... read more

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Winter guts the world The biting gale scours my skin Hopeful spring may heal

between flashes

by: kayleigh macleod (me) have you ever wondered what it is to be a lightning bug? their brilliance brings beauty. most see the glow & in a blink carry on their way. some stop to watch them twinkle but when the dark reclaims their radiance they too walk away. lack of light does not cancel... read more

The winner takes it all

So the winner takes it all, While the loser learns to fall, Throw the dice, cold as ice, Fate was never kind or nice. Crowns are made from sleepless nights, From silent tears and endless fights, And somewhere in the roaring game, Love and loss still burn the same. Way down here, someone... read more

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Giving the main character energy