One word or slip up Or forgot something to do You don’t beat up Because you did it too Still learning the routine All ins, outs, and true Grace is the new mean When learning something new Yet, a mistake weighs the heart A wrong word, something unsaid A missed spot or observation It leavesContinue reading “Beat You Up”
Category Archives: Creative Writing
The True Ending: Nuray Solana
It all came to down to this. All the bandits and necromancers, politics and pirates, leviathans and abominations. It led us here. My feathers are quaking. My heart is racing. A field of burning sand stretches out before us and at the end of it is the elemental. The primordial being of fire itself standsContinue reading “The True Ending: Nuray Solana”
Society’s Rebel
Here I am in my space. Going at my own pace.I don’t have a big, old house. I don’t have a loving spouse. I don’t have kids running amuck. Or schooling that doesn’t suck. I’m nowhere near gaining a profit. With my career and empty pockets. Take a look at the facts and I’m sureContinue reading “Society’s Rebel”
Anxiety of the Budding Novel
Another full readthroughAnother chance of possibilitiesCould it be good enough?Or receive all hostilities? More confident than everWord count relatively stableAn ambitious endeavor This long coming fable Your heart’s in the wordsHope baits on your breathThe thought riles your nervesThat you might have something yet The thought of a futureFor your beloved creationGet it off theContinue reading “Anxiety of the Budding Novel”
Tell the Author
When you read a story,What parts do you remember?Is it the characters? The plot?The setting along the way? Is it the details? The morals?What makes you want to stay?In the worlds of an author.So precious. So unique.Do you hope for cliches? Something funny a character will say?Is it the writing that pulls you in?Or theContinue reading “Tell the Author”
Writing Prompt: Dream Interpretation
I don’t know a lot about dreams. You know the kind where you lay your head down to sleep and your mind creates all these fantasies or nightmares. It could be something as cool as battling a witch or as terrifying as being chased by a murderer. I’ve heard it said that dreams are justContinue reading “Writing Prompt: Dream Interpretation”
Constellation of Scars
What if scars were stars?Lined them up, and what would you see?A constellation of mars Or something more becoming? Every mark is a memoryEvery mark tells a storyOvercome your historyAnd find yourself new glory Line up the scars See the picture they holdIf you make them as starsAnd the new message they’ve told Maybe theContinue reading “Constellation of Scars”
Writing Prompt: The Dream Job
As a kid, what job did you dream you would have as an adult? What job do you have now? Have you ever paused and looked back at your journey through life? You start out as a kid, playing imagination games, grow to a teenager with attitude, and suddenly you’re adulting. You get your firstContinue reading “Writing Prompt: The Dream Job”
Cairo’s Song
Low, Cairo. Low, Cairo.You’re doing just fine. Slow, Cairo. Slow, Cairo. Just take your time. Look up and around. Just see where you are. There’s no need to frown. All dangers are far. So, breathe, Cairo. Breathe, Cairo. You’re doing your best. Ease, Cairo. Ease, Cairo. You’ll find your breath. I know that you’re scared.Continue reading “Cairo’s Song”
Useless
To Nuray’s disappointment, the broken bow of the ship didn’t have any more secret surprises. “Perhaps Mini is having better luck,” she muttered to herself. She felt her pack for the three canisters of spoils they discovered below deck. It was too bad that compass wasn’t with them. Nuray swiveled her head to the waterContinue reading “Useless”
