It was a feeling that slowly bubbled and boiled deep within him over the years. A wildfire spreading throughout every nerve, making his fingers itch at the very thought of it, he realized that he couldn’t ignore this feeling anymore. It was consuming his whole being, weighing him down like anchors holding a ship still within the ever-moving waters ( Read more... )

We sat on opposite benches, backs pressed against one another, as we took a moment out of our lives to relax for a change. The air was cold, our breaths visible as we both blew little streams from between our lips, amusement rising as we chuckled and grinned, tilting our heads back as they gently collided with one another, our expressions not ( Read more... )

He couldn’t breathe.

Surrounded in the dying embers from the towers around him, his entire vision obscured in red, he found himself gasping for air, his lungs screaming for the oxygen that would not come. He was trembling visibly, face turning pale, as his parted lips drew in mouthfuls of oxygen in order to satisfy his starving body. It was not ( Read more... )

There were fifteen stories between him and the ground, he noticed while tapping his cigarette and releasing clumped ashes over the balcony. Below him, people hurried along, while beside them, cars crawled at the speed of a turtle as the rush hour hit. So many people were out there, but were so occupied with their own lives, he wondered if they ( Read more... )