Crashing guitars on a summer night. You can’t beat it. The boy’s bashing his guitar for all he’s worth. He’s really battering it. I’m taking a break from socialising, leaning at the bar with an ice cold beer in my hands, enjoying the show. We’re in the heady confines of the local Constitutional Club, watching Josh’s friend’s band, The Shots do their thing. Josh is at the front, cheering them on. I’ve been looking forward...

I was flicking through sites on my phone while enjoying my morning coffee when I read an advertisement for a writing competition. To be eligible you were required to write a story of between one and five thousand words about a situation where you survived or had beaten the odds. I thought I love to write; I could do this! I finished my coffee and went back inside and headed to my home office and started my laptop and open...

He took a swig of the whiskey, hoping to dull the ache inside.The illusion that he moved on shattered, demolishing all pretenses he built over time. Like an avalanche, her memories flooded his mind and senses with a vengeance that could destroy his sanity.He felt her alive once again, remembering even the taste of her kisses and the throbbing of old wounds she caused. She was his most beautiful mistake.As the sun was ecli...

The shame upon your face as you turned and walked away, spoke silently in volumes of the things you could not say; You'd finally given up, thought you'd fought a valiant fight; Our marriage just a casualty of the battles in the night; The vows we shared as one, hope-filled dreams and happy tears; Could not withstand the distance that grew with passing years; Awkward strangers once again, we went our separate ways; Each ho...

Your words chilled my soulAs you looked at me with heartless eyesAnd told me we were doneGrudgingly I said my goodbyesAnd tried to move onTrying to rid my mind of youAll those times I criedAnd thought that maybe if I changedOur relationship could be revivedI was left behindBut I didn't realise then that it was a good thingYou were so impossibleAnd even I knew back then that it was doomed from the startBut perhaps that is...

It's time to start overTo take chancesTo purge everything you don't needTo be happy, smile, laughForget the past, move onIt's not worth the trouble Let's move forwardNever stopping Always wanting to improve Have faith in yourselfKeep goingNever forgetting You can make it happen

I remember it so well, How I dug deep and hard.To bury you and your memories,Promising I’d finally let go. Yet time and time, I visit still,Sometimes, crying. Oftentimes, longing.Wishing and hoping too fervently,To be buried with you again.

Dear Romeo,Hey, let me get this straight. I know you would be skeptical if you will read this or not, it’s your choice. I am not going to force you. I know, It took long for me to send this but I was weighing things out. If I’m going to share this or not. I wanted to clear things out basically from the things I’ve heard but it really doesn’t matter, and I don’t care much about it because even if I do, there's nothing much...

I have now released you Have not talked in a week It really has been adieuWe now never speak I'm not going backThis feels really goodI'm really keeping trackNo more being misunderstood There's no more hurtYou're not even on my mindI don't have to hear you be curtThis was really well timed I'm much happier being awayNo more feelings of being sadI don't have to talk to you any dayNo more feelings of being mad I'm glad I've...

Cars, music, and wordplay,this is how things started.Together in the distance,but never in real life. First you needed me,then it was my turn.Both in times of need,bonded in a game of 21.Blackjack, and for the time of the game, we won.Now reality faces us.No more cards.We will never be morecomplete than 21The deck is finished, the game to an end.On to the sunsetyou will ride.I will ride my 'stang.'to a new life.Never to p...

Chapter Twenty-seven: Farewell Marry and Picario quickly leapt to opposite sides as the Diablo raised his foot and tried smashing it down on them. A powerful gust of wind from the force of his stomp alone blew against Marry and Picario hard, kicking up dust in their eyes. The two squinted and then simultaneously took high to the sky. As they gained height the Diablo swung his fist at Picario. Picario barley managed to tel...

I was raised to believe That everything happens for a reason. It doesn’t matter if that is good or badThere will always be a purpose. So what happened between us? In those precious few moments When we held each other tightand passionately kissing over and over. To the moments you told me During a voice call when you told me That you loved me for the very first timeAll must have had a reason. But know you have left And I c...

We cheered on our team as we won the big game, In all the excitement I failed to catch your name. A few weeks later our paths crossed again, And in that instant we became more than friends. You were my first: boyfriend and love, “We were destined to be,” how wrong that notion was. I gave you everything, but you couldn't stop chasing, Who knows how many girls in the three months we were dating. “I love you and want to be w...

Did you ever get close to someone? Sharing things you might not tell anyone. The friendship was moving in the right direction,For awhile, it felt like some sort of a connection. But then something happens and no words are said,Leaving the other person feeling very mislead. They say everything is fine and you're still friends,Yet it is different now why even pretend. I don't mean to be upset and complain,But I am far to ol...

A cold and rainy May appears with songs.Outside the feeders wait for hungry wings.My thoughts return to past unsettled wrongs,It seems that I can never give up things. The trees are filled with buds and greening flecks.But will the cold destroy the eager bloomsOr shall we hope that life in all respectsWill once again return from winter's tombs. In just this way I dream that I may passBeyond my pain and loss that brought d...