Stories tagged “Wishing”
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Seven
Dana looked into the eastern sky and watched the full moon rise into the brisk November air. She couldn’t see her breath, but a chill ran down her spine. She closed her eyes and remembered a November night seven years before. “I want to see...
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If You Only Knew
I keep looking out the window. Wishing I would see your car. See your face, But reality tells a different tale. Geting you out of my head, Is impossible. If you only knew, The way i still love you. If you only felt, The pain you have caused me. If you ...
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I Wish, I Think
I need peace. That seems impossible now. My thoughts are constantly, Unchangably on you. I wish things were different. Then I could welcome These thoughts, These memories. I wonder If you Think of me as much as I think of you. I wish it were so.
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Runaway
I’ve always liked the idea of running away. Leaving everything and becoming completely unknown. Starting over, surrounding yourself with unfamiliarity, exiting your problems with no explanation. It’s what I dream about sometimes, it’s...
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Want
I have an image of what my real parents are like. My mom, she’s thin and short, with my dark brown hair, but instead of my brown eyes, she has a crystal blue. She works in some little diner at the end of a street with the hustle and bustle of a small...
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Searching
There’s this sentence That sits beyond a blockaded entrance It goes on never ended And yet it’s already gone Solid but blended Pallid and soft Acrid and stone With its feathers aloft Drifting away But always at home You can never stray ...
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Coffee Cup
The wood floor feels warm through my shoes. There’s no impact in my feet as I walk up to the coffee bar. It’s late. The barista is wearing weariness in his eyes and the brown splotches of a long day on his apron. He’s about to count t...
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The Wishing Fountain
She gripped the nickle in her hand. After a few moments of deep thought, she flicked it from her palm and into the fountain. She continued to stand and stare as the coin sank in the water. An observing man felt compelled to speak. “The wish you just ...