Tag: living
group name: twowordchallenge
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March 16, 2006 03:59 PM EST --
Sleep is the only time I am not in pain. Yet I don't go to bed most nights until 1 am or later. I am starting to think I am unconsciously trying to squeeze in as much as I can now, because I believe . . . more
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April 01, 2006 06:02 PM EST --
I have a dream alright… a dream of winning the lotto, stuffing my suitcase and getting the hell out of dodge. Dodge being my 79 year old house and my torn up, asbestos filled kitchen. I would book . . . more
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April 03, 2006 12:00 PM EDT --
My suitcase has been dreaming again, naughty thing, to run off without telling me where it's been, but this time, it's been dreaming of wedded lunacy, a delightful tale, it seems, from what my . . . more
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May 09, 2006 03:24 AM EDT --
"Hey, you there – don't jump."
A short, balding man with a twinkle in his eye and appearing to be ageless, yet elderly, caught the younger man by the arm, and stopped him . . . more
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June 06, 2006 12:20 AM EDT --
The dark and smokey room was full of noise. The juke box in the corner singing out a sad country song. A man and a woman on the dance floor. Holding each other up and swaying to the motion of the constant . . . more
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April 22, 2006 08:32 AM EDT --
I remembered this incident while writing about my work as a mechanic at a truckstop. I was very blonde at that time, when I'd kept my hard hat on and didn't have streaks of motor oil running through . . . more
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January 28, 2007 01:17 AM EST --
I have always thought of home as the place that I had grown up. As I have sat here wondering about my home and where it truly is, I have decided that my Forever Home is inside my heart and head. . . . more
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March 05, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
(author's note: This is my first two word challenge so please go easy on me. ha-ha)
I live in the shadows, hidden in night’s darkness. Some call me evil, but I . . . more
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April 09, 2006 11:21 AM EDT --
I have been gathering thunder my whole life. I wrap my arms around it, stow it in a safe place and wait for the storm to hit. I have never felt that I deserve peace in my life. I know that I need to prepare . . . more
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May 15, 2006 11:16 AM EDT --
Eschew Obfuscation: Married to the Devil: Rearing His Ugly Head, Part 2
Things were glorious at first. My gut was saying nothing now except that John was the right one. For two months we keep our . . . more
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July 12, 2006 03:46 PM EDT --
The job hunt has been rough, and I had polished my skills and resume until I felt like some of the silver plating was wearing thin. I decided my look could use an update, since I've been growing out . . . more
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April 06, 2006 05:27 PM EDT --
As almost everyone and their brother knows by now, my daughter was married on February 26th. The entire preparation process falls into the category of "lunacy" (less than 2 months to get . . . more
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March 10, 2006 09:39 AM EST --
pissed-off:( to be so angered by an event that a response in oppositon to it is produced )
Ex.:He was so pissed-off by the television program he saw about body parts stolen from funeral homes that he . . . more
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February 21, 2006 09:54 PM EST --
I remember the look in your eyes when you smile that smile that was just for me. The gleam in your eyes that enchanted me, and made me feel that I was the only person in the room.
I remember the . . . more
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March 29, 2006 09:45 AM EST --
Suitcase dreams
lose ground
to suitcase realities.
Moving, that is.
Last November
sugar-honey-love-muffin
and I
moved north
twenty miles or so
the last of our belongings
now demanding a journey
to a . . . more
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June 06, 2006 07:28 PM EDT --
pure evil
that painted
whore
in our bed
her children, bound to ours
that dark night, your soul
thrashes upon a sea of unknowing
your black soul cries misery
upon your bones wracked in pain
now
your torment-knotted . . . more
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March 20, 2006 08:15 PM EST --
One was never enough. He couldn't stop at one beer, one game, one joke, or one woman. One good deed led to another, the same as one . . . more
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June 06, 2006 04:02 AM EDT --
Pure Evil - Stalking Lizzeth
They had a deep seated desire to see her suffer. They malingered at first. They harbored feelings of ill will and sought satisfaction. They carried on secretly, . . . more
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June 04, 2006 07:29 PM EDT --
My divorce had only been final for about a month when I received a phone call from my ex-husband. I knew this was not going to be pleasant. We rarely agreed on anything and he still wanted . . . more
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June 13, 2006 01:48 PM EDT --
You looked so quiet. I realize now that seemed absurd, being dead would require a complete type of quiet wouldn't it. But anyone who knew you would understand why I thought "quiet" fit the . . . more
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