Stories tagged “trust”
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Natural Selection: Redifined
Natural Selection: Redifined (nat-u-ral se-lec-tion) -noun 1. Making an automatic decision. 2. The subconcious choice of one over another. More specifically, choosing your lying, cheating ex-boyfriend over your best friend. Antonyms: 1. Loyalty Eg. Her...
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Quarantine
It’s 2050. They said the hole would’ve been fixed by now, but they were wrong. Oh, God, those scientists and politicians and environmentalists were so wrong. The hole didn’t close, it got bigger, and it let in the disease. The disease...
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Never Trust Me
In my youth I was a child of turbulent times and ungracious wants. Over my head hung the stink of the future that was sure to find a serpentine path of waves and sines, finding me in the present. I came into understanding. That precious rule that time ...
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The Final Decision
He looks at the metal monster sitting on the table in front of him. He doesn’t want to touch it or even go near it lest he do something stupid. Taking a deep, trembling breath, he continues to stare at it. It sneers at him, daring him to do it. T...
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eyes staring through the heart
She stands up in a posture fabricated with false pride. She hears the footsteps getting louder and quicken pace. she hears her name being called from the other side of the door. The other side she never wants to see. She pushed down the sleeves of her ...
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goodbyes are meant for lonely people
She looks at him with new, puzzled eyes. Her eyebrows form a confused expression..Why is he here? He glances at her sleeves, red stains forever to remain… his hand placed on teh phone, carrying her in the other, he gently sets her down on her bed...
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Caring
You stand there and tell me you care but when I say that I am scared you turn away and now you act as if I never mattered. Can it really be that easy to just turn your back and not give it a second thought on something you truely wanted? You say that y...
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Turnabout Is Fairplay
I felt a bit smug on the inside having caught Devon red handed. At the same time I kinda hoped I was wrong. The look on his face said I wasn’t. “Yes, I have a girlfriend.” He sighed. “And no she doesn’t have a problem with...
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I'm Waiting For A Letdown
How long ‘till you fall? Not long at all, I’m telling you. I’m counting down the days so I know when not to be there for you. Just trust me, but don’t expect me to keep tying your shoes. I’m always one step behind you, wat...
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It Isn't Enough
It’s a part of me that you can’t see. Like real rain in a movie, the lens can’t pick it up, but you know it’s there because the people are getting wet. It’s a part of me that I can’t let you see in person. I can̵...
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Ooops!
Marli slipped a gun out of her purse and pointed it at Elsha. “Wel,l your employers are paying good money to get you back,” she said when Elsha’s face turned pale with shock. “Marli, how can you, we’re friends, back when w...
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A Lesson in Disapointment
Disapointment It’s a horrible thing Can turn you into A horrible person It can make you Feel like a fool For believing something Even for just a second It can chip away At the trust you have Even if you don’t Want to loose anything It can ...
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A Thank You Not
Thanks for not being there at the times you were needed most. It was awesome not having your support when you said it would always be nearby. Thanks for never understanding when I couldn’t be there or when I was sick. Thanks for enlightening me on w...
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Pain, Trust, and the Final Decision.
Pain is unbearable. No one wishes to feel, and yet we do so anyway. Everyday. We either notice or don’t, but it’s always there. I continued to sit on the bench that sat in a lone corner of the park. Seperating myself from what just seemed t...
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Trust (II)
After school, I look for Ethan. I see him walking out of Confession. “Ethan!” I shout trying grab his attention. He looks surprised to see me. “What are you doing here?” He asks. “I should ask you the same question,”...
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Doubt
Doubt: the lack of ability to believe that something could ever be true. Tears us apart. Fills our minds with poison Drives me up a wall. Rips out my heart. Clouds out better reason. They’ll all watch as we fall.
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Always/Never OK
Believe me when I say It’s not meant to be this way; When you’re hot-glued in my brain I tend to act a tad insane. I want you, need you, miss you, *We could be wrong, but babe I’ll kiss you Til the night ends, if you let me- *I’m even chill whe...
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Day 4,329
Yep, there was the town up ahead. The maps often weren’t good for shit with all the cars and makeshift barriers on the roads, but this one actually panned out. There were some signs of life at the first cluster of houses. Usually the established ...
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I Wish
I wish it was True that you told me that you have finally stopped running from your past & settling with a man that seems to have the best qualities when you know that he from your past is your truly your answer to happiness. I wish you could tell ...
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Smother My Cries
I am from hateful glares and cold stares. I am from misled trust and never ending lust. I am from stolen powers and scentless flowers. I am from hushed screams and one man teams. I am from unshed tears and hidden fears. I am from screamed lies and dark...
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You Oughta Write
“This is really good. It has a good plot, the characters are very well developed and you seem to know exactly how you want it to sound when you tell me it. You’ve told me this story many times now and every time nothing changes. I think you...
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Lovers love.
my body stone cold my heart has stopped oh just to old I’m not like the young lovers. I’ve got many broken feelings for others. a man of my old age. has many stories on his page. I was in the same room. as her body fell as lifeless as...
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Tener confianza al tango {a poem}
To watch is to witness grace, to know passion, to behold flow. New, enchanted, I try. I step back in time with my partner, but slowly, awkwardly, trying to keep distance. I try to know my partner’s mind, to anticipate, but to no avail. A stubborn...
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An Unexpected Barrier
Timothy glanced left and right from her cover. None of the lights ahead revealed guards or motion. The arch glimmered in the center of a twenty-foot-high enclosure wall: the only way through. The only way out. Drawing ragged, painful breaths of air, Ti...