Memories... I was young and the world filled with possibilities. I had choices everywhere I turned. What to do with my life, who to share it with, where to live it. Memories however are not true to experiences. They're filtered through a soft lens of sentimentality. Bittersweet times that were far from perfect, but had … Continue reading Sentimentality
Category: 100 Word Stories
A Fool Born
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." ~William Shakespeare I know my limitations yet Profound mistakes put me in debt As punishment the price I pay As it was in Ye Olde Day A choice: thrashing or transpiration To remove all disambiguation For reasons I … Continue reading A Fool Born
Civilized
Everything I know gradually diminishes until it is a pinpoint that finally disappears. I am left with only memories of my life on the blue planet— good and bad. Although I will miss my family and the creature comforts of my home, I am happy to leave behind earths dark side. Never again will I … Continue reading Civilized
In Winter Darkness
Another dark and dreary December day The somnolent sun has set early Like a pack of panicky baby's Deprived of their pacifiers Every four hours Adult crybaby's swarm the earth Searching for outlets To plug in their umbilical cords To deprive these crybaby's of electricity Is to witness true hysteria If I could change one … Continue reading In Winter Darkness
Ignoble Pie
When I was young I knew so much About how the world would be I imagined my adult life No one would control me Today I see the world for what it is It's not what I'd expended Though not governed by anyone I'm controlled by the life I have perfected I knew I'd be … Continue reading Ignoble Pie
Teen Squaller
A shoe near the top of stairs—integral In my nearly breaking my neck—habitual Disorder that rats would find—despicable A pig would clean this sty before it was —livable A bedroom where cockroaches would be—miserable Regardless of my sounding—inhospitable At eighteen a person is an adult—individual And as such are legally—extricable They may find cell phones—untransmittable … Continue reading Teen Squaller
A lot from Lydia 