Monthly Archives: June 2012
I've Got You
“I’ve got you.” He had said it a thousand times, and it was the only thing she could hear these days that didn’t make her want to flinch. Everyone else had words to give, but they were far more hollow. … Continue reading
I’ve Got You
“I’ve got you.” He had said it a thousand times, and it was the only thing she could hear these days that didn’t make her want to flinch. Everyone else had words to give, but they were far more hollow. … Continue reading
Finite
I can’t put it any clearer than this: I could’ve sworn that my life was going to flash before my eyes. It was only a moment or two, but looking up the barrel of a gun can make any distance, … Continue reading
First Time
The first time I saw the angel, I’d been sitting on a fire escape for the past three hours, cursing the skies. It was late June, and there seemed to be no end in sight to the thunderstorms that had … Continue reading
Taken Back
Thick clouds hung low over the city, purple-black giants whose roiling shapes attempted to swim past the clawed fingers of the up-reaching skyscrapers, but instead found themselves caught on those same spires, and were torn open. They bled down a … Continue reading