I stared out my window blankly, not knowing what to do at the moment. That's when I noticed the reflection of Cody in front of me. He was staring at me. I turned around and he looked away. I started to

I stared out the window for a while, trying to take all this in. Cody seemed to have recovered from shock and startled me a bit when he said "Thanks." I turned to face him. "Oh, your

The man in black ran to the car and barely got in as it sped away. "I got them." He said quite proudly. "They weren't expecting a thing." The man in the driver's seat took this in.

I hesitated for a second before leading Cody to my room. My mom wasn't going to be home 'til 9, which gave me 3 hours to get him out of my house so I didn't have to explain why some random guy was in my

I was doing my homework. It'd been 10 minutes after I got home, and after rummaging through some cabinets in the kitchen, I hadn't see anything I felt like eating so I'd went to my room and started on

Fourth period was over and I was walking to lunch. Cody was walking with me and Helen and telling us about his old school. And we were laughing about how he'd just come to a seriously ghetto school and

"Nice." The new kid said to me, his face all bloody as we were walking down the halls. It made me wince. "Thanks, and thank you for err, helping me, I'm so sorry... Are you alright?"

The bus halted at the last stop for the morning before we headed to school, and Henry Jackson walked in. He's the school's bully/tough guy dude. He walked down the aisle and stopped next to me. And in

Part II I quickly walked out of the bathroom, drying my hair, and glanced at the clock. "Holy crap! It's 8:45! I'm gonna miss the bus!" I quickly put on my clothes and stuck my feet in my shoes.

Part I "Jessica!" Thud! I felt a pillow hit my face. "Get out you damn turd!" I screamed at my brother. "Mom!!! Melissa's not---" He got cut off when I threw a pillow at his

I miss you and I don't know where you have gone, Oh love, are you warm...I know you got chilled easy, Do you still sing? Perhaps with the angels or are you silent and still..These things I need to know

Prelusion   A winding, black serpent snakes its’ way sometimes East to West, sometimes North to South, it undulates to and from when no one sees or wants so see the death and rebirth of the burning

Imagery of a heart  laying on the floor. People walk by kicking and stepping on what is my very essence.  The pain stopped long ago so kick away. I am beyond the emotional cage that has held

A souless heart, a darkened mind behind cold, gray eyes that stare through to your pitiful resolve. I am a piece of leathered cloth in a dark corner waiting for your wishes. I am Warlock   The shadows

My body aches today, beaten by a mind that whispers of a need to escape for awhile. I know where my solace lies and the thought haunts me....the aura of specters floating through me.   Tripping the

Childhood The joy of childhood and an old river are a perfect match whose memories have come and gone like a wisp of smoke.  The laughter of running through cornfields toward a destination is clear

Lost Forever Diamonds in the sky, the city of lights come to us with a visual mind toy that we play with but never master. Coffee along the Champ Elysee, you pay for what you get...the world goes by going

Ok, my first post after introduction. I hope you will enjoy a bit of poetry. Winter Winter Let me kiss you hand, oh gentle Winter. let me take pause to gaze upon the beauty of your snowflakes as they gently

Hey Steemians, It took some time for me to register here. I wanted to do it earlier, but got very upset with a natural disaster in US. So many people suffered from Irma hurricane, including friends of