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Kaleidoscope I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos, but everything is out of order. My brain has been scattered like light through a kaleidoscope, Too many shapes and too many colors. I can’t keep up… Continue Reading →
Waves of Silence I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos. I’m watching below as people are dashing for buildings, crying out for help. The forces of nature conspire against us, motions of the waves, I… Continue Reading →
I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos. It’s almost like no one can be human anymore in this world. I may be the only human person left on this side of the Mississippi. After seeing… Continue Reading →
Cloudy Skies I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos. I’m a visitor within my own mind—lost. My thoughts are shoved into files, but they all become piles. Exploding from the seams– Dripping onto the ridged… Continue Reading →
I meandered into the frigid outdoors from my warm cottage to get the morning mail. I looked around into the heavy fog to see what the damage was. Tree limbs everywhere, entire trees toppled over, cars moved down their driveways,… Continue Reading →
I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos Where everything seems to be going wrong, Where there is no sight, Where birds have no song As birch trees fall And the wind rages, It almost feels… Continue Reading →
Moving Forward “I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos.” “So I’ve heard. It’s a big change, but you’ll be fine. You always have bee–.” My brother’s voice cuts off as my phone dies. Sometimes I… Continue Reading →
“I’m just trying to figure out how to function in this chaos.” 8th Avenue in the West Village is a highly trafficked area, especially near 14th Street. Even the streets are weird, where West 4th Street cuts diagonally across 10th,… Continue Reading →
I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it. The early rise is the hardest step, each day departing slightly later than the last. I shuffle out the wooden doorway, unprepared for what my day will… Continue Reading →
The Myth of Creation I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it. The dreams of a fool, Spinning outward and downward, Weaving intangible webs. Binding Atlas to his knees, Bringing Achilles to heel, Twisting and… Continue Reading →
“I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it.” I kept uttering under my breath as tears streamed down my cheeks. I could barely keep my eyes open as I scanned the room for an exit,… Continue Reading →
Cry of Sisyphus I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it. If I am to regather the pieces of my bone, flesh, and blood and climb this mountain once more surely Earth would take pity… Continue Reading →
“I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it.” Elora dropped to her knees. Her eyes welled with tears. “I’m so sorry.” The nurse replied. Elora and Jack had only had each other for as long… Continue Reading →
“I thought I could make it, I really thought I could make it.” I yelled, stomping my feet on the ground as the nurse walked up to me; her expression doleful. Just a second ago my sister was there alive,… Continue Reading →
“I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it.” As scheduled, I drive my truck to Joe’s watermelon greenhouse to grab my order. It’s my last chance to make some money with those melons. But unfortunately,… Continue Reading →
I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it. Cold void stretched outwards for miles, stars winking like eyes, staring through my soul. Temperature held steady at 22 degrees Celsius. The thrusters sputtered and died. Craft… Continue Reading →
“I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it.” The words echoed in Leon’s head when the enemy’s bullet pierced his skin. At the moment Leon fell, he felt burning pain in his chest, and the… Continue Reading →
Episode 1: I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it: Scene 1 Revision 12 -The scene begins with a car driving down a snowy street within the forest -Do a drone shot of the car… Continue Reading →
“I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it,” a disheveled man cries out breathlessly while screeching to a halt in front of a closing metal door. Inhuman shrieks echoed down the hall behind him. Whoever… Continue Reading →
“I thought I could make it. I really thought I could make it,” the older man said into the phone, sitting at his kitchen counter with his mint herbal tea and bacon and eggs. He wore his red and black… Continue Reading →