His life spilled out in the snow– her legs give out; she stumbles. Cold hands caressing fur, suddenly she’s humbled. Red bones are splintered bare– still he crawled ten more feet… Till the blast rang out once more and his heart began to bleed. . Her misery warms her cheek, as she lays him in the […]
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Unrepentant… or Unaware?
We took a trip down the Red River the year it flooded its banks and spilled down the hillsides, flattening out into the valleys and swallowing everything in it’s path like a hungry, unstoppable beast. I can still see the wild water rushing down the streets like a warning of what was to come, a liquid […]
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Out in the darkness, Down the spiral staircase, Past the musty hallway, She lost a piece of her life. Never forgotten, It’s shadow always there, A simple reminder To never let her guard down. Her advice? Put up walls, Keep an eye out for for threats, Watch for lurking danger, And don’t ever fall asleep. (She never said […]
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I delight in chopping up your chocolate bar with a dozen rusty razor blades, hearing you scream as they tear into flesh. Maybe now you know how I felt; you know the pain I’ve carried all these years, and why that little piece of you had to disappear. There’s no talking your way out of it, just […]
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