Looking for the Goldilocks

Talk to me, I'm going crazy. Talk to me, I'm going insane. You talk to me And then I explode. You talk to me, I rocket into space Your absence Drills a wire through my heart. Your presence Shoots adrenaline through my veins. I'm useless, ain't I?

Gutted

​Now you're gone It's a cliche that I even write this "I never thought you'd leave" Oh, someone please put an R&B beat to this. Now that  it's all vacant Are you telling me this doesn't hurt you? Screaming and vacant? Screaming and vacant! Is this what it all comes down to? A boy smitten …

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Truth, Constant

With lead, fire and smoke They are cleansed. With lead, fire and smoke They are saved. It's the... Of the modern age It's a... Of human life Cower In ignorance. Bathe In indeferrence. Drink From the terror. Sleep In your comfort.

A Sincere Act of Love

​  Pull me by the hair to the backyard, Have me kneel before the shallow grave And put a bullet through my head. When my eyes are open And they sleep, I want to end them with a pillow to the head Or poison in a cup My own little 'mommy's special recipe'. It's the …

Stained

​If you close your eyes Nothing can hurt you The great fable You watch shadows !orph into figures in the dark Then the wetness And the white stains Seep into your soul Close your eyes Nothing will hurt you. What a total lie.

Pyre of Envy XII: Same Old, Same Old

​As they walked into the bookstore a bell dinged. After a quick scan, they noticed they were one of the few customers inside the store, the environment was tranquil and cool. Just the way Rolemn preferred it. Busy stores made him uneasy, he’d always feel like he was bound to screw something up and that …

Pyre of Envy XI: Indebted to You

“Don’t you think it’s wrong?” said Rolemn as they walked past the campus’ main library, a long five stories high mammoth guarded by pruned trees and shrubs. They were on their way to the book store. Overcast, the main library looked like a hibernating transformer, resting on a green hill.  Corklin glanced at him. “This …

Pyre of Envy X: In Your Ignorance

​Rolemn should have been mad at Erica but he wasn’t. All that filled his mind was that kiss. His mind trotted around alternative endings of that physical encounter with Erica, erotic and indulgent. Thoughts that weren’t easy to control, the more he tried repressing them the more vivid and elaborate they became. He thought of …

Pyre of Envy IX: Erica

​ On Monday morning,  Rolemn’s phone beeped, a message alert. He had been in bed since yesterday morning when Sandy brought him breakfast. Still he felt a tired, he told himself he was going to ignore his morning alarm, the warm embrace of his blankets so soft and consoling as a mother’s arms. To add …