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kirstybree

  • The Franks

    Shadows play across our faces as cobwebs hang from our minds Echoing from our mouths the words still float in wait How much longer, how much more of this can ...

    2 min read
  • Dear Lexi (Part 1)

    I stayed. I don’t know why. I don’t know why I stayed the time before that, or the one before that, or the five other times before that. I just ...

    7 min read
  • Inevitable

    His eyes turned red as they looked at her My heart ached to see the sadness in his eyes He's our baby, my baby and his heart was aching With ...

    2 min read
  • And So...

    At five you don't grasp the concept of death, at least not completely. A person is simply unreachable for the moment in time, not gone forever. My father's mother died ...

    5 min read
  • Dear Lexi (Part 2)

    He drove me for a burger. May not have been gourmet but fast food was the only thing opened that late. Sitting across from me on a plastic booth he ...

    13 min read
  • Betrayal

    The blow goes past the ribs, Straight to the heart Grips the stomach, holds tight The pain turns to sadness And then it grows to anger The anger swallows whole ...

    1 min read
  • Danny Boy (part 1)

    He knew no one walking in. His head hung low he wanted to go unnoticed. But when he finally raised his eyes he could see that that simply wasn’t so. ...

    8 min read
  • Unrequited

    With a face of an angel and a smile that can kill Her eyes burn a hole in you that only she could fill Maybe the next moment will bring ...

    1 min read
  • Battered But Not Broken

    This written with my grandmother in mind. From her mistakes I learned, and this was written for her. Your input will be appreciated My life was lost in his. Whatever ...

    1 min read
  • Broken Ground

    I saw the world in your eyes, Watched as time moved forwardBut I stood transfixed by your gaze.Moments led to days, days to yearsBut I stood at that spot held ...

    1 min read
  • We Lie in Ruin

    Hey everyone this is the first short story I have ever finished so any and all feedback would be much appreciated. Also I am really unsure about the title so ...

    16 min read
  • We Lie in Ruin

    Hey everyone this is the first short story I have ever finished so any and all feedback would be much appreciated. Also I am really unsure about the title so ...

    16 min read


What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god -- the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals!
— William Shakespeare