A Life Cut Short

by Kurt

The room is quiet, save for the ticking
The ticking of a clock that won’t wait...

I Let Porn In: The Secret That Almost Destroyed Me

by Christen Kuikoua

The day I let pornography in,
I didn’t even know what I was letting in...

untethered 2 WIN

by arquious

“untethered”
shelves of faces wheel past our names...

My Lack of Apologies 1 WIN

by Linda

I’m sorry for my depressing posts.
Usually I’m more inspired...

Isolation (1) 1

by Linda

I want to be completely alone,
my husband and children gone...

Covetous, Kept (Haikus) 2

by Linda

A beautiful bride.
Cherry blossom dress and veil...

Escape Goat 1

by Linda

She was a child of 15
when she had a child of her own...

A Thief Of Dreams (2) 3

by Golden AnGel Rhapsodist

Starlight leaks through clouds that weep,
While shadows crawl and silence creep...

When the heart and soul wished for death 1

by ellyce

My feet are cold,
and my hands are trembling, reaching out for help...

Oh sleep, why have you betrayed me?

by ellyce

To find a temporary shelter in the quiet stillness...
There I lay asleep, my body worn from wounds of a...

Butcher House (1) 1 WIN

by Cantchangeme

My lullabies were screams
To me they sounded sweet...

Butcher Town

by Cantchangeme

I was raised in a town of killers
But I didn’t see their blades...