Sky and Dreams
By Vanessa Nielson

I've got sky and dreams.
I've got clouds and star.
I've got what it means
to see above the bar.
The world is black without a mark?
Sometimes that's how it seems.
You can't see stars until the world's dark.
I've got sky and dreams.
I wrote this for a webzine I'm currently on staff at. There's a painting to go along ( Read more... )

She shouldn’t be surprised; the orange always ran out faster than the other syrups. Simone had talked to Leon about it, more than once, but her ever-stubborn manager persisted in refusing to acknowledge the problem. He reasoned that since all the syrups came in equally sized boxes, and all the fountain equipment was identical, she must be imagining ( Read more... )

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So, next month is NANOWRIMO.  Joy oh joy.  More power to those of you who actually like tearing your hair out trying to make the quota.  Me?  I prefer to have my sanity in one piece by the end of November.  It doesn't mean I don't have the urge to write.  I do, and as a matter of fact, I have an invitation as well ( Read more... )

Awake! And look to
The light shining new inside
Where passion runs deep

This is a word string where the last letter in one word matches the first in the following word. Everyone should try it once. I did this in about six minutes.

"The everything good" doesn't take entirely. You understand doing great things somewhat takes some effort to offer. I, instead, don't try.

The heart is the mortal ( Read more... )

Rip me asunder
Wide open I'll shine from within
Tear my skin I'll bleed
And you will find me golden
And boundless
I will not weep

And so she finally turns the page to find that there was a new chapter waiting after all.

I wish that there was a definite meaning to all the emotions in the world so that I could explain my heart to you.