Monthly Archives: April 2014
You Started It
I didn’t know how quickly it all would get out of hand, how it would progress from innocent this to fucked up that. I didn’t know the fire escape would make quite so much noise, how could we have expected … Continue reading
Leap
Down the steps of the subway station, and suddenly, vertigo. I was here. I’ve been here. She stood near the gap, turning slowly, looking around, confusion widening her eyes, furrowing her brow. What is it about this place? She catches … Continue reading
Tired Heart
They call the sound heartbeat. I think I know just why: Battered by time, by age, choices, both bad and worse. It fights, clenches a fist against my ribs, railing against the walls of me, so worn, so tired from … Continue reading
Disbelief
I can’t imagine another sunset without you. I cannot fathom the constant quiet. Even with music, even with the onslaught of traffic and humanity, all I hear is the lack of you. There is an echo of silence in the … Continue reading
Miss Misery
Strains of Elliot Smith in the apartment; she listens to the iPod through its bluetooth speaker, and wanders around, putting things back where they belong. It’s like cleaning up after an earthquake. A flood. A fire. There’s a damage, here, … Continue reading