Stories tagged “fault”
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Helping the Helpless
I laid on the floor unmoving. My life was ending all around me and I was absolutly powerless to stop it. Of course, it was my fault I was in this mess to begin with. I couldn’t change anything, because I was the one who had destroyed everything. ...
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It Ends Tonight
Charlotte seemed to wince, “Maybe I just don’t want to tell you. Ever thought about that? I mean, I think you’re very nosy.” “Very well,” I remained quiet in hopes that the silence would make her speak. It didn’...
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All My Fault
After a few moments, finally able to think once more, only one sentence continually runs through my head. What have I done? “It’s my fault,” I utter, my jaw, along with the rest of my body, shaking like a leaf. It all comes back to me...
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Emptiness
I am filled with an emptiness. Something has been torn away. Stolen without my ever having known it was there. Where did it go? The pain is numbing. The anger poisonous, anger at myself. Not knowing, Not thinking. My heart reaches out for love and The ...
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Accountability: Hate
“Don’t touch me.” she says, scarcely audible. Rachel tries to hold back her sadness— seeping in uncontrollable drops onto the white napkin neatly tucked in a triangle by her empty plate. James withdraws his hands and braces hims...
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Fault
It wasn’t my fault. Okay, not totally my fault. I mean, yeah, maybe I shouldn’t have been walking along the highway. But baseball practice ran late, and it was the shortest way home. And, okay, maybe I should have been paying more (or even ...
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Fault [1]
For God so loved the world He gave His only Son, That whosoever believes in Him should not perish But have eternal life. And I believed in Him. Crimson guilt fell away leaving a warm bloody heart I tilled the soil for mustard seeds I tamed the tongue,...
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Fault [2]
But I stumbled and looking down Saw not rocks but my feet upon which I tripped I cut them off leaving Putrid rotting stumps with toenails Black as charred flesh Roasted by infernal flames Insatiable toes devour the distance Between them and I, limpin...
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Fault [3]
His touch slips I cling With neither fingers nor limbs But the heart grips Silent scream And bile alike rise up In the throat a scorching Which tears cannot quench The frenzied dance does not Stop I cannot breathe Cannot And all around not mustard tr...
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Fault [4]
All my fault. And tonight laying in my bed Not knowing who does Nightmares and crippling fears confined, Bottled in a stony, icy cave Life goes on, plunging for Judgement by a God that i can no longer find Although i sought