Stories tagged “Calm”
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The Writer
He started to type out his Ficly. This time instead of hitting publish he put it in drafts. Why? Well the noise next door was so loud he had to check it out. He came back and started back on his Ficly. Now he was annoyed. The blood from his fingers lef...
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My Happy Place
My happy place has high expectations, and it isn’t everyone’s favorite place to be. Nevertheless, it is a source of great comfort and motivation for me. It is a school. I can see the chalkboard. I can smell the pencil shavings. I fill my brain w...
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She is Quite amazing At her job...
I’ve decided to take this piece down, due to the lack of awesomeness…
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The Reason I Am Here
Staring at the ground, this is it I thought, letting out a huge breath to calm myself. Now is my chance. All I have to do is what I was taught to do. The reason I am here. Do the thing everyone wants me to do. Just simply step up and do it. I’ve ...
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Continued...
I wipe the tears from my eyes with the sleeve of my sweatshirt. With my left foot resting on the ledge, I step up with my right. My whole body trembles, I do not dare to look down at the bright world below me. Instead I concentrate on the quiet world i...
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Silent Runnings
The sea was calm, and quiet. Only the sound of the gulls above broke the silence. They knew what was coming, and as loud as they could, sent out a warning. Two ships, gliding silently through the waters were on a direct course for each other. Their we...
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The Unemployment Days
Its free. Laying in bed is free. So I lay here, letting the lazy, lavishly old fan slowly pull in the cool air from my open window,over my body, slightly chilling my skin, dampened from the lack of air conditioning. Because air conditioning is not free...
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Ashes Ramain: Chapter One;; Part 3
Not twenty minutes later, there was a polite knock on my cubicle wall. My back went straight as I ground my stubby nails into my desk. Could I go a single moment without being interrupted!? Turning my cold blue eyes away from my computer, I met my curr...
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You never smile.
It was unfortunate that I can’t read minds. I’m a paranoid creature, always suspecting infidelity, no matter what. We weren’t even officially a couple yet (I didn’t think), but that wasn’t stopping my mind from skipping do...