Submissions by scorp
fingertips
Poem
There’s a monster here, crawling in my bed. I can hear its breath. Harsh, raspy, taunting. Through my nightmares it’s well fed. I’m too scared to turn around, it’s too daunting.
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what it takes
Story
Real romance isn't something hopeless, or unenergetic like stale poetry, or futile like canned compliments.
1 min
(2)Words: 316
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goodnight
Story
I don't trust myself with you. But I see in your eyes, I'm being used. Everytime I let myself fall, I get bruised.
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stains
Story
Glistening black tar of the feathers of birds
I let the storm brew, from tears to hate.
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(2)Words: 62
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guilt
Musing
And I feel like since my life has been so easygoing so far, I don't need to pay with stress, but with guilt.
2 mins
(2)Words: 533
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a game
Story
He didn't move that piece. So now the question was, who did?
3 mins
(3)Words: 643
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storm
Story
I could barely hear the rain over the thundering of my heart.
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muse
Story
to all the people who only how to bring light to the world, thank you!
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metropolis-
Poem
make an another world for me through the mirror
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(2)Words: 41
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power
Story
She could recall the rush of adrenaline, the lifting motion in her stomach, the smile that graced her face after the fact. Power wasn't something easily forgotten.
6 mins
(2)Words: 1241
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permanence
Musing
Stories are remembered more than people. That’s why I remember the saying, but not the person who told it to me.
3 mins
(2)Words: 794
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