I’ve known mothers. I had one, once. And now she’s in my heart. I’ve seen old mothers, young mothers; Mothers who always do right, or always do wrongs –all struggling to pave a road for their children. All struggling to lead the way. But I’m afraid, because I don’t want my struggle to erase my […]
With the Ouija board discarded, how can you not notice the chill that dangles threads of your hair and coils them ’round your ear? copyright Marie Meyers, 2013
the beginning of a sad melody. The incense’s cherry glows, and is the only indicator that there’s light within the darkness. The music –a taunting lullaby in her ears– as she holds herself, and doesn’t fight the tears. So many years, she thinks, have I done this; telling myself Shhh. Everything will be okay. The […]
Lipgloss plastered, that way the smile stays stiff and the frown can’t transfer. Because really –can a person truly kiss cracked lips or love a breaking heart? Make-up caked faces hide the body’s imperfections, in a world where everyone still searches for “love everlasting”; You once told me, that before the altar is forever, then […]
April closed her eyes and waited. Count to ten, she thought. She could hear the man coming closer to her, and willed herself to relax. “Steady, April,” Derek said to her from the earpiece. “Steady.” April nodded, though she knew he couldn’t see, thought about opening her eyes, then let the thought fall away when […]
At the start of January 2012, I was still dating Micheal Hamburger. Which, at the time, I thought was incredible as he was my first long term relationship. And my first. New Year’s Eve I was to baby sit at his house because his mom wanted to go to a party with her husband. The […]
When I was younger I wrote poems for my mother. They weren’t anything fancy, nothing award winning or of literary sensation—just short, small, not-even-more-than-a-few-lines poems; the kind short enough to be haikus but just lacking that rhyming scheme. I was sitting on her custom designed Windows computer—customized to be an easy-to-use gadget for the blind […]
After finally reading Meg Cabot’s Jinx, I was browsing my school library’s limited book selection, looking for something sweet, romantic, and Meg Cabot like. And the first book I found was What Happened to Goodbye, about a girl named Mclean Sweet, who made a habit of creating new persons for herself and then just disappearing, […]
Sitting along in the coffee shop Not looking for love, only a place to rest my head down I looked around– and saw you in the coffee line, Brown hair, soft smile, bright green eyes That met mine, and then you smiled, and you mouthed “Hello”. It probably was only fifteen seconds, but that was […]
Vampire Knight: Prose, Shorts, and Poetry chapter two: “Boundaries”, released now! Read a short synopsis below, then go check it out! Title: Boundaries Pairing: KanamexYuuki Genre: Shorts, Angst/Drama Rating: T+ Brief Summary: Lust, Desire, Longing. Feral and overpowering. Inescapable. Where will the line be drawn? Siblings, lovers–what are they really? Vampire Knight: Prose, Shorts, and […]
