The Monday before Thanksgiving was bright and sunny. Marcia woke and thought, "Tonight is the night of the sleepover." A small feeling of dread settled in her head, when she thought about the pranks tonight. How should she act about them? Should she retal...
Every night, I lay in my cardboard box and listen to the train whistle in the distance. It was a train that I used to ride all the time, but now I am all by myself in a little square area that I call my own. I guess I should not say alone. There are sever...
The day everyone waited for finally arrived, Monday morning after Sarah's fabulous Halloween party. The school was abuzz with all the events, which made the party a huge success. Marcia, Monica and Sabrina spread the word that they crashed the party and w...
The trash incident with Sarah occurred on Thursday and the three friends endured the rest of the day in extremely dirty, smelly clothes. Sabrina and Monica were used to this type of treatment and took it in stride. Marcia's brain kept repeating the incide...
A million dollar smile for you,Not a dollar to my name,Looking back it's obvious,I'm the only one to blame,I'm proud to say i's sober now, I have been for three weeks,You will never see my pain,Or the tears stream down my cheeks,I'm sorry to the ones I lo...
Before Cricket became Emily Truesdale, she was Marcia Shaw of Paramus, New Jersey U.S.A. She was an only child with two loving and caring parents. Her early childhood was normal with no significant differences from any other girl her own age. She was swee...
People come and go. And after they go, after they've imprinted themselves into your heart... And finally leave... What happens next?You just move on, meet another person along the way... Have fun with them, make experiences.. Memorable ones. And then they...
I've tried this self employed lark,it has left me with barely a spark,my words, reader, I beg you mark,my voice, I'd like you to hark,this not working has to stop,my life right now, is utter plopp.I love my little Kitten,but feel as useless as a single mi...
As the eagle fliesFrom the times of the ice they lived.Long before the whites lusted for their lands.Old women sang of the first horse on the plains.Some called the wolf their totem, others the eagle.This is about the eagle clan living on the plains.They...
“It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” Roy Disney Lying in bed, I wait for the doctor to let me go home. An IV is in my arm attached to a bag hanging next to my bed. The slow drip of the liquid seems in time with my beating...
Where to begin, I really don't know.The start is too far and so is the end.I told you the truth from the very beginning.I told you what I saw in you, the good and the bad.I offered you my friendship and my most valuable time. I told you not use your spell...
One Door Closes. . . I spent the last six months in my failure-of-a-marriage, tying up loose ends. Divesting myself of all that I'd gained in twenty years. We all accumulate things, to keep under the banner of, “what-if ?” We'd had all our hurtful argumen...
With this My eyes lay in their funeral beds A slumber akin to death Breathe me in I drift softly As a sheet dances with the wind Barely there and nearly gone Further from the great beyond Than I've ever dreamed And yet so close With lips To kiss Is there...
I stare at you,and you stare backI hate what I see,yet still I lookAt my reflection Two years laterI stare once moreNothing has changedI still hate what I seeI hate who I amAnd I hate my reflection Another year goesand I feel trapped in timeNothing gets b...
The price of perfection, one cannot bare. The price of freedom, one cannot share. The hours engulf you, the minutes indulge you. Time waits for no man, yet you're still waiting here. Trading places for thee unknown, feeling like a fool, but waiting for yo...
