Day One She smelled like strawberries. He didn't know if it was her shampoo or perfume or just some natural mysterious scent from her skin, but she smelled sweet and hugged him so hard that he could feel her heart racing against his own. And right before...
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Elliotlacey31
4 weeks ago
United States
Stories
She's always warm at night and she wasn't mad at me anymore so I was half-asleep next to her for hours, just happy to be in bed and warm again. I wanted to tell her I was sorry for everything but I can't ever find the words. The feeling's there and so is...
The Proof
Everyone breaksThey all lie, you see, every last one of them. Sometimes you got to change tactics, it's all psychology at first. Some you finesse, go soft and quiet and sweet. Make them feel safe. Some you close in on, really loud and hard, scream if you have to, never...
You buried me, but I came back. We made mistakes. I forgive you. That's what love is. Forgiveness. Intimacy. Studying the cracks in one's heart as if they're your own. Just remember, I love you like no other.I'm watching you now. You're even more beautifu...
Out among the glittering stars,the plumes of clouds touchthe sky like sleepy ghosts.I'll find you there,in this life and all others.Out among an ocean of spiritsflying soundlessly skyward,cascading glows cover endless flight.Lives flash through me the clo...
As the year turns over and some things are put to rest, I made a list just for you. You always did love the things thatwere just ours to hold,beautiful vignettes that lit your eyes, dark scenes that clipped your heart. I'd list last new year's eve, your f...
I never cried for you. You knew me the best, the ache that always flared when I slept the wrong way, your soft hands would find it, body draped and spooned to mine as a living thermal blanket. You'd quietly touch in the dark, soothing that spinal ghostwit...
I cannot reassemble us alone,All the gifts remain unanswered, latitude and longitude have split this blossom.These waters will carry meback to where a torch was first lit.All the signals flow into me onceI reach this haven's deepest vein,where we are told...
While you are the collection,the narrative stays here,always close to our skin,no one gets to know the rest of the story, loverOf how every cell in my bodysang like a fevered secretthat I'll always carry with me,you could never know this.Because there was...
I was almost there.After defying gravity, monsters, and even Death, only a few more steps remain in what has seemed like an endless search. A perpetual cycle blind to Time.I get closer. My heart is thunder booming in hollow tunnels, every moment constrict...
Shy away from a temple this morning,I should have known better than to stay,to always breathe in someone else,resting against temperatures made up by another's skin.So I'll take this cure,dream you up in order to cool these fevers down,the mark's already...
Whenever I want. The words were carved into her skin with a razor. The letters on her forearm were a constant companion.He said it to her the first night she heard mom crying, sitting down on her bed. The words whispered in her ear like a prayer as he rub...
Adam stood in the middle of his deserted street, the Kimber .45 trembling in his hand, as he flipped the safety off. The faint metallic click almost echoed along the concrete and through the maple tree branches swaying in the warm spring breeze. With so m...
I almost died the second time, broke almost half of my bones, but I had to know. The first time was an accident, my feet hovering just a few feet above ground. I can control it now. I look over the ledge and see my city, all its pieces moving in sync. The...
The stones didn't make me sink. It's the second time they threw me in the water. They'll try a rope around my neck. If that fails, fire is next.My neck can snap. My flesh can blacken, peel from the flames. None of it will kill me. After all, I'm the very...