Mortal Enemies
Mortal Enemies * * * Dance and weave taunt and deceive. Escape the serpent's coils. Never stop, never hesitate. Or the king will have you as his spoil. - Scream and cry hiss and fly. The second you pause is the second you die. - Lead the...
Variant
Check a box. Boy? Or Girl? You can't have both. Just pick one or we'll pick it for you. Don't forget to play the part. Dress appropriately. Boys don't wear skirts. Girl changes your outfits. Cut your hair shorter you look like a girl. Grow...
Disease
* * * I read a book once when I was a little girl. A group of teenagers were chosen to go around the world and pick out the best qualities of humanity. They had to find those who were kind, merciful, honest, creative, patient, loving. They...
Clockwork: City of Gears
A city made up of gears. Small ones that could fit in your palm. Large ones that stand as large as towering skyscrapers. There are no buildings or homes here. At least not the kind that you would be thinking of. Gear driven machines tangle...
Twisted
* * * Broken down. Broken apart. Broken in ways I didn't even know where possible for a person to break. Shattered into a thousand nice little pieces all of them fine and razor sharp. Black and blue eyes to go along with a black and blue...
Best Friends-FINAL POEM OF THE MONTH
* * * What is it that defines a best friend? What separates them and sets them apart from all of the other people who have entered and left our lives? Why are we drawn to them and why do we hold onto them while letting others drift in and out...
Enough
* * * Angry. Irritated. Fed up. Sick and tired. ENOUGH. You try and try to follow directions for something that seems so simple to others only to end up with dead ends and useless rewards. Around and around in circles wracking your brain...
In The End
* * * We are who we choose to be. At least that's what we believe while we are alive. But after we are dead and gone how will we be remembered? When others tell the story of our lives will we be the hero we imagined ourselves to be? Or the...
Labels
* * * It seems to me that people have such a love hate relationship with labels. We love them. We hate them. We get angry when people don't use them. We get angry when people do use them. We get upset when they are used incorrectly. We...
The Imperial Throne
* * * Beware the Jade Emperor sitting upon his golden throne. Do not be fooled by his detachment or his disinterest. Nothing gets past the celestial dragon. Ruler of the empire. Nothing escapes his notice or passes by unobserved. Mock his...
Boy or Girl?
* * * I've always envied those who felt at home in their own bodies. Those who were proud of themselves and had no doubts that they were exactly who they were supposed to be. Those who had no doubts about where they stood when it came to the...
Empire of Sand
* * * And endless expanse of ever shifting sands. A wasteland that tests the endurance of even the mightiest warriors. Great sand dunes that stretch up into the sky like great mountains marking the way for those foolish enough to wander the...