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Rehndal

2 days ago

Unveiling the Past

Jess talk about her past

Chapter 4 As the evening unfolded, Jess and I found ourselves enveloped in an intimate and serene atmosphere. The soft glow of the flickering candlelight danced across the room, casting a warm and comforting aura. It created a perfect backdrop for the dee...

Colors_of_the_Wind

5 days ago

Soft Mews [of 'I Love You's]

Goodbye baby kitty. I'll love you forever and ever.

Twelve years. I count myself rather lucky to have found you to have chosen you to have been chosen by you to watch you grow and live. twelve years of headbutts and three a.m. zoomies and little paw pats for attention. Twelve years of watching the "ghost f...

Lev821

24 Sep 2023

Across the Hallway

A flat has been empty for years, but what's that sound coming from within?

He reached the top of the stairs and paused to regain his breath. He sometimes wished that the small block of six flats had a lift, but then walking up and down to his home was, other than sometimes walking up to six miles a day, his only form of exercise...

JustAnotherSapphic

22 Sep 2023

Your Sweetest Dream

I could be your forever...

What am I supposed to say When I love you is not enough And I am lost for words? What am I supposed to do With all these unspoken feelings Hidden inside my heart? Take me home with you Hold my heart in your hands Love me more than love can say Entwine my...

OpheliaTusk

13 Sep 2023

Narcissus, the Nephilim

a theological headcanon of mixed mythology

“I want to be a demon,” the Nephilim said, “Even if I have to barter my wings for horns and a tail. I want to be a demon.” The priest furrowed his brow as he heard the confession, "Your lineage is half Divine, why would you give that up to be beyond the r...

OpheliaTusk

12 Sep 2023

Acolyte of the Kallisti Order

a retelling of the myth of Narcissus

Narcissus is a demigod; much like Achilles. But instead of his heel, it's his own image that he's never allowed to see. If he does, he'll become instantly besotted with himself and forsake all food, water, and common sense. So. One night, his nymph mother...

The_Count

9 Sep 2023

Caught

This is a true story

Anyone who knows me is aware of just how much I hated high school. I have only a few happy memories of the time I was forced to spend there until I quit, and one of them concerns the school wrestling team. This was an old school, and the wrestling team pr...

SilverJaye

9 Sep 2023

The Sun Warrior

Stories of your illumination were once told Across the land and sea of old A man carved out of sunlight A disciple sent from Apollo to end the night You travelled across rivers, deserts and mountainous terrain To condensed cities and vast planes Providing...

OpheliaTusk

9 Sep 2023

Coffee Shop Chaos

...listening to the ambiance, this poem grows from my pen....

Haversack abandoned White birch tree grove Nevermind that my heart never drove so far from home Than when I set my sights on you. Ate eight grapes to forsake the forgiveness in your shade Petty grandstanding bastard Love-child-having, cutthroat stallion Y...

OpheliaTusk

7 Sep 2023

Mission Report From the Soul Sleuth

Slithering Heartbeats in the Sunrise Makes the soufflé of life begin to rise

Heaven repents from the cell I put you in My beautiful soul Does it hurt to trust me again? Is that why you keep me so afraid to begin…. …anything? Heaven Repents from the cell I put you in And Hell mourns the loss of your company The comforting swagger o...

JustAnotherSapphic

22 Sep 2023

Your Sweetest Dream

I could be your forever...

What am I supposed to say When I love you is not enough And I am lost for words? What am I supposed to do With all these unspoken feelings Hidden inside my heart? Take me home with you Hold my heart in your hands Love me more than love can say Entwine my...

Colors_of_the_Wind

5 days ago

Soft Mews [of 'I Love You's]

Goodbye baby kitty. I'll love you forever and ever.

Twelve years. I count myself rather lucky to have found you to have chosen you to have been chosen by you to watch you grow and live. twelve years of headbutts and three a.m. zoomies and little paw pats for attention. Twelve years of watching the "ghost f...

OpheliaTusk

13 Sep 2023

Narcissus, the Nephilim

a theological headcanon of mixed mythology

“I want to be a demon,” the Nephilim said, “Even if I have to barter my wings for horns and a tail. I want to be a demon.” The priest furrowed his brow as he heard the confession, "Your lineage is half Divine, why would you give that up to be beyond the r...

Mr. Raymond's Jingling Jangling Wagon Mr. Raymond had so many pots and pans and other metal objects hanging from his pushcart he could not move it a couple of feet without the noise alerting the folks on Mulberry Lane that he was on his way. He was the Mu...

LaJumelleMauvaise

17 Mar 2015

The Mohawk Cabin (Chapter 1)

Their lives crossed paths by unlikely accident in a time few now remember.

The wood-spoked wheels of the old Crow-Elkhart began sinking in the soft mud along the shoulder of Route 9W almost as soon as I stopped the car. I had just pulled off the macadam in a panic, at the sharp command of my father. Aunt Alma protested that she...

There was only silence when I came to. The television wasn’t on in the background, Whisper, my cat, wasn’t treading around the room, and the morning birds weren’t singing outside my window. For a moment there I thought I had gone deaf until I heard my sof...

DarlingDevilGirl

23 Aug 2010

The Album

Love before and beyond death...

The first time I ever asked my Gran what my mum was like, she smiled at me and lifted me into her lap. I was still small then, so I nestled comfortably against her ample belly, waiting excitedly as she drew out a battered, red, leather covered book seemin...