When once we sat in an impossibly tangled web of connections, holding us all together in its embrace, now axes have been taken to the strands of that web. Some are still as strong as ever, but some lie in shreds, the split ends reaching towards the floor with nothing else for them to hang onto ( Read more... )

I saw you looking at me ( Read more... )

We built Wonderland with our own hands and painted it shades of blue, purple, and gray. There we played for days, escaping from reality to that magical place where we sang nursery songs and buttons rained down on our heads. It was a good place, filled with friends and laughter; a few tears too but those always passed away into smiles after a while ( Read more... )

Her teeth chew on her bottom lip as her fingers type out a frantic pattern on the arm of her chair. One leg bounces ever-so-slightly under her skirt, betraying the tension inside her. Her eyes are glued to the screen, narrowed to pick up every detail of the video playing for her. As the video plays on without revealing its secret, she leans closer ( Read more... )

The water is warming every inch of my body it covers. I’m already clean but I don’t care; I still stand in the shower, enjoying the hot liquid running down me. Standing still in the stall, the spray is directed on to my collarbone and I hold myself still until the skin just above my breasts has turned a burned pink shade from the pounding water. I ( Read more... )

The creases in his green kilt ripple across the fabric as he taps his feet to the beat. He leans in close, lips brushing his microphone, as he sings the lyrics out to the fans staring back at him. His fingers pull just the right notes from his bass in perfect time with his bandmates.

For the next song, he’ll put it aside, set his lips against the ( Read more... )