Stories tagged “separation”

  • We stand [poem]

    We stand in snow drifts We stand in stasis Your hand is cold in mine Your hand lets mine go I want to touch you I want too many things The world is quiet The world is inside-out We watch the stars fall We watch our hearts break Your eyes were familiar ...

    • Author: Ana Cristina
    • Posted almost 3 years ago.
    • 4 out of 5

  • Ending

    It is all I can hear in my head; “When you gonna make up your mind? When you gonna love you as much as I do?” Last night that song sliced into me. It made me remember the final time that I had seen her, and at last I think I understand. We ...

  • Possession

    You loved my long hair — Begged me never to cut it. Now it’s mine again. (I think I previously published this on Ficlets, but I don’t remember. Anyway, it’s a true story all right. There’s nothing more liberating than get...

  • Untimely Separation

    “Can you moor the boat?” Sally asked me as she daintily hopped out of our sailboat onto the wooden dock. As she landed onto the panels of wood, she skidded, and grasped automatically at her stomach. “You should be more careful, Sal, t...

  • I have a dream, still.

    There is a misconception that the issue of race and the separation of the haves and have nots is not there. That is wrong. Daily my children are called spics, and lazy and told to go back to their country. This was their country long before my ancestor...

  • Thanks For Nothing, You Useless Reptile

    Your look of surprise is a refreshing elixir to my bitter soul. You were sure I was history when you betrayed my heart and callously left me behind. What you didn’t know is how I watched, from behind the scenes, as you slowly fell apart. You trap...

    • Author: Jae
    • Posted over 1 year ago.
    • 5 out of 5

  • Half-Human Cities, His Only Kin

    Wake up, false sun. Kitchen sink, he let it run. Feels the coldness that fills the room, and the lack of nature’s bloom. Digs false teeth into unfarmed foods, feels the humanity of life it consumes. Key turns, engine starts. Mechanisms thumpin...

    • Author: Red
    • Posted 9 months ago.

  • ...That's when it happened

    My brother often gets lost in thought, but when I checked, his gaze was transfixed on the heavens. “Do you see that?” he asked. Curious, I looked to the sky also. Immediately I spotted an odd star cluster, which seemed to be swimming overhe...