Traveler

Scree. Scree. The gentle motion of the train nudged her awake. Peering left and right, attention slowly coming into focus. She awakens and is wrenched back into reality. Peering through the looking glass, she squints at the grey shapes off in the distance, shrouded in haze. Tall, looming towers that are designed for one purpose …

One Day, I’ll Be…

Some days get you down. When they do, that's when you pick yourself back up again and carry on.

On My Own, But Never Alone

Drip. Drop. Drip. *Exhale* Ah, truly what a shame this is. A day like no other, anticipated for weeks, blurred by just as fast as a blink of the eye. Is this what it feels like to have time slip past your finger tips? I shake my head absentmindedly as I trace my footsteps back …

Memories Entangled With You

It's quiet. In the still of the night, all I hear around me is the dull buzz of the lights and electronics. There's the ever so often blaring sound in the distance, probably from some truck driver speeding down the road, but all in all, it came quite close to silence. Sitting on the couch of …

A Short Story: Valentine’s Day

Every year, there's a day that encourages so many people to push past the brink of hesitation. By no fault of their own, they've subconsciously bought-into the cultural fever, succumbed to their thoughts, overwhelmed with emotion, and have decided to bite the bullet be it for better or worse. It's more or less a betrayal …

Sometimes I Ponder

'Am I asking the right questions?' I'm sitting in class, just barely three rows away from you. All I hear is the lull of hushed voices amidst the ever-present clicking of pens and pencils on paper. I'm fidgeting with my own stylus, only slightly aware of my straying concentration. I still felt the remnants of …

Turbulent Thoughts

Staggering. Walking aimlessly without real conviction. There's a sense of total defeat and an overwhelming desire to just flip a switch and not care anymore.  Looking forward, all she can see is a menacing darkness that looms at the edges of the uneven ground she walks upon. Looking over her shoulder, shapes and pathways are …

Two Steps Behind

Staircases: A place where you can go in either direction and no one would think less of you for it. Unless, of course, you chose to just sit there. Yeah, we liked to sit there. It wasn't so long ago that I had entered college. All the new experiences that awaited me at every corner left me …

Filial Piety : Something of the past?

I recently read a manga and, don't get me wrong, but it made me question my principles more-so than I have in awhile when reading/watching entertainment articles. The manga originally captured my interest because it was the basic love story with the tragic twist of terminal illness -- but at least there was an ending, …

Snowfall

Why am I exactly resigning myself to waiting out here? It's the middle of the night and it's not an exaggeration to say that my toes are fairly frozen at this point. As I exhaled, a thick fog of air formulated momentarily before me --Yep, it's cold out here. I wandered around slightly from the …