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  • Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall

    When I was young, I would stand in front of my bathroom mirror and whisper, as most little girls do, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the prettiest of them ...

    7 min read
  • Forgetting Names

    "Rest in peace…"The worlds are unfamiliar as she reads them out, her hands shaking on the paper that bears those very words. Tears are slowly falling from her eyes, carving ...

    4 min read
  • The Cost Of Life

    Spoiler! : Now come one, come all to this tragic affairWipe off that makeup, what's in is despairSo throw on the black dress, mix in with the lotYou might wake ...

    4 min read
  • Love Is

    Love is a alights upon my knee,Twitching its wings,Looking up at me.But it won't stay for long,I know.Even love has to go.The butterflies, they slowly crawlOn their questTo find the ...

    1 min read
  • Empty Spaces

    Please Read The Author's Note Below! Spoiler! : There are two versions of this poem, both of which are posted here. The first does not rhyme; that's the original. The ...

    3 min read
  • It Had To Be Done

    Spoiler! : This was written for the 150 words contest. My theme was "justifying revenge, or redemption." I found this kind of hard to squish down into 150 words - ...

    2 min read
  • Human

    Spoiler! : A side note, before hand: this is kind of messed up, to be honest. It's... different than what I normally write, but it was an idea, and I ...

    5 min read
  • Silence

    A world frozen in crystals, iceSilences an angry night;Reclaims the land once belonged,And silences a rageful song.Light once pulsed with vibrant beats,Now dead beneath the silent feet;Quiet lives and

    1 min read


Uh, Lisa, the whole reason we have elected officials is so we don't have to think all the time. Just like that rainforest scare a few years back: our officials saw there was a problem and they fixed it, didn't they?
— Homer Simpson