original: running in slow motion
for 15_minute_fic prompt: vanquish
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There are ghosts in her past;
they flutter, hover, menacing; real as the contents of her mind.
She thought they would vanish when she left that place: high walls, musty rooms, trapped in a place that never felt like home until it wasn’t there anymore.
They weren’t born there, but that labyrinth was the forum in which they first revealed their cold, sticky faces to her; latched onto her spirit and refused to yield.
They haunted her every waking step; pervaded her body with their whispered wailing words. Self-doubt became her mantra, insecurity her religion.
This was the year to get out; the year to run from that frenzied frightened girl who never knew the answers, never even understood the question.
She buried her with deeds beneath a mountain of hollow rocks.
And on top the mountain she built her castle; her own private sanctuary. Locked out the ravens and tried not to care that a few pale doves might get lost along the way. What did it matter, as long as she was safe from the ghosts?
But the mortar is cracking and the foundations are slipping down the mountainside. Wraithlike choruses echo through the corridors now and a spiteful wind grows ever fiercer.
She is hidden still, but she has not vanquished before. It nips at her heels and wraps its ice-cold fingers around her ankles.
She thinks maybe this is what they call a happy ending.
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Music After Midnight
30 Seconds to Mars - Stronger [Kanye West Cover]
Well it's 30STM and that's pretty much enough for me. I really loved the original of this song and I like this take on it. Pretty much proof that everything Jared Leto touches turns to gold.
Sia - Academia
Quirky, moody and reflective without trying to be. Knowing you can't have something, but not being able to help wanting it anyway.
The Wombats - Let's Dance to Joy Division
I owe Nana everything for introducing me to these guys. I switch them on when I'm having a good day or just want to forget about a really bad one. Growing up in a song.
Kate Nash - Nicest Things
Kind of sums up how I'm feeling right now, whether I want to admit it or not. Melancholy and beautiful and I wish...
Angels and Airways - Breathe
The way love feels when its just beginning and you can't find fault with the world because as long as they're there you're fine.
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There are ghosts in her past;
they flutter, hover, menacing; real as the contents of her mind.
She thought they would vanish when she left that place: high walls, musty rooms, trapped in a place that never felt like home until it wasn’t there anymore.
They weren’t born there, but that labyrinth was the forum in which they first revealed their cold, sticky faces to her; latched onto her spirit and refused to yield.
They haunted her every waking step; pervaded her body with their whispered wailing words. Self-doubt became her mantra, insecurity her religion.
This was the year to get out; the year to run from that frenzied frightened girl who never knew the answers, never even understood the question.
She buried her with deeds beneath a mountain of hollow rocks.
And on top the mountain she built her castle; her own private sanctuary. Locked out the ravens and tried not to care that a few pale doves might get lost along the way. What did it matter, as long as she was safe from the ghosts?
But the mortar is cracking and the foundations are slipping down the mountainside. Wraithlike choruses echo through the corridors now and a spiteful wind grows ever fiercer.
She is hidden still, but she has not vanquished before. It nips at her heels and wraps its ice-cold fingers around her ankles.
She thinks maybe this is what they call a happy ending.
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- Yeah so I wrote something. Woo me!
- I seem to be having an obsession with fashion icons and graphics lately. I can't help it, they're so fucking pretty!
- My internet provider (iinet) has this annoying setup where my monthly download quota is distributed between "on-peak" and "off-peak" times. Normally this frustrates the hell out of me because I generally like to be tucked up in bed after 12 pm when the "off-peak" period starts. Not, however, when I have Fascism Essays of Doom to write. Consequently, as a result of my procrastination I downloaded a shitload of music last night, some of which I'm really loving on at the moment. And because I'm so nice, I thought I'd share a bit with you all :)
Music After Midnight
30 Seconds to Mars - Stronger [Kanye West Cover]
Well it's 30STM and that's pretty much enough for me. I really loved the original of this song and I like this take on it. Pretty much proof that everything Jared Leto touches turns to gold.
Sia - Academia
Quirky, moody and reflective without trying to be. Knowing you can't have something, but not being able to help wanting it anyway.
The Wombats - Let's Dance to Joy Division
I owe Nana everything for introducing me to these guys. I switch them on when I'm having a good day or just want to forget about a really bad one. Growing up in a song.
Kate Nash - Nicest Things
Kind of sums up how I'm feeling right now, whether I want to admit it or not. Melancholy and beautiful and I wish...
Angels and Airways - Breathe
The way love feels when its just beginning and you can't find fault with the world because as long as they're there you're fine.