The ledge was only a few steps away, beneath lied the end, the solution and a new beginning. I’ve been thinking about this for a while. My mother’s boyfriend seems to be the root of all my problems, even though I know it’s not possible. The other day my f...
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Ice-cream truck is coming
Just as I can fit in that red bikini for the summer, the ice-cream truck is comingIce-cream truck is coming, ice-cream truck is comingThe kids on the street start cheeringI try to focus on the work on my deskBut that ice cream truck jingle is so distracting I tell myself to be strongAsking the lord to give me strengthLead me not into s...
Happiness and Struggle
How to stay together even during the roughest of times.By: Tiffani Mason In two thousand and eight the stock market dropped, people lost their jobs, and their homes. In White Plains New York an upper class couple lived in their four bedroom, three-bath center hall colonial. They felt like their lives would be...
It's just a phase
Maybe it's just a phase.....There comes a point in time when everything seems like ‘been there, done that’. Things boil down to an open or close chapter, you stop enjoying the chase and see through everyone and nearly every situation. Well this is what is happening to me right now,...
From Sisyphus: Darkness
Sisyphus speaking to the stars about his plight in darknessTonight I cannot see the stars or moon.Clouds have taken from my view all light. I cannot see my hands or feet but know that they exist.This Stone is here against my chest but nothing else is known. I am invisible. All is gone, except my voiceasking who i...
From Sisyphus: Tears
Sisyphus speaking to the stars about his plightTears are words I cannot speak.They come from deep inside this acheand say what I can’t say.Sometimes I wish they would not comeinto the corner of my eye,then roll along my noseand touch my lips.I wish my tongue would never taste againthe liquid from that...
To Struggle
Why struggle?Why resist,When I am clay in your hands to mould?You forge my shape. Why hope,When tears elicit no pity or mercy?You are cold to me. Why try,When all the ways out are closed off?You hold all the keys. Why play,When it always plays out the same way?You win...
She V - The Queen of Kings
For all girls and guys as well ... :-)The queen of kings Had a heart of gold About her many tales were told Some were true and some were false Did she give a damn? Well when asked she said “B***s” And there goes the rule for all us girls Don’t bother for better or worse Do what your heart des...
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Initiation
A foolhardy young man dives off a cliff, struggles, and celebrates survival..Mike hung by his toes at the edge of the quarry. He took a deep breath and pictured himself diving into the milky water 20 feet below. The water was said to be 50 feet deep at its center but neither he nor any of his friends knew how deep the water was ju...
Amra ('us' in Bengali)
She braved all that the universe had to offer her and won in the end.Dear God,It’s been a while since I went out. My children are all happily married and remarried now and well settled. My elder born is in The States doing his research work in molecular biology…or did he say molecular sciences? That is where he met his wif...