These long hours, sitting, thinking of someone I want to meet someday I dream of that one day when you will be more than a dream to me. I reach out, pull you close to me, hold you tightly next to me. I can feel your passion growing, my lips […]
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Here I go again, wishing things were different, unwilling to change anything. I woke up wanting more from everything but I did nothing instead.
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I heard someone singing while walking my dog through the neighborhood park. On my way home from the park I saw the neighbor steal a newspaper from another neighbor, who reads the newspaper? In my bedroom I browse old photographs of people I once knew but I know I’ll never […]
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These nights up late I sit alone and think of what could have been. All the years and choices made. All of the things I left behind. All of the lost memories. Trauma has left me forever changed. Experiences have made me who I am. These nights alone I think […]
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I stare up into the night. A giant canvas of stars. Sounds like an orchestra all around me. I watch the traffic pass. The bus shall be here soon. The sounds of the city surround me like a soundtrack to life. Moments of life so different yet so similar. https://mixer.com/jasonwsc […]
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I leave the road for the trail. I’m captivated by the sounds that envelope me as the road becomes a distant memory. I stretch my arms out to either side as I walk. I feel the damp leaves against my fingertips. I smell the scents of nature all around me. […]
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I walk alone on a sunny day with tall trees on either side of this small road. I can smell the damp in the air. The wind is gentle like a whisper through the leaves of the trees. I walk alone because it’s all that I have ever known. https://mixer.com/jasonwsc […]
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Bitter cold greeted me as I became aware that I was no longer in a dream. I move beneath the pile of blankets until I’m warm. For a moment I imagine remaining in my warm bed until it’s not so cold outside. I can feel the pull of dreams keeping […]
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
A slow rain greets me as dreams fade into the early light of a new day. I could remain in bed for a few more hours but I place my feet on the floor and begin my day. It’s a new year and I’m full of hope for the things […]
Estimated reading time: 26 seconds
I hear the songs of the season as the snow begins falling outside. I’m alone on this December evening. I’m always alone dreaming of not being alone. It’s cold outside as I bury myself beneath a stack of blankets. It’s the time of year to remember how alone I am […]
Estimated reading time: 27 seconds
I can imagine a time when I was younger and not always alone. I’m not speaking from a place of pride but a place of sorrow. I miss those moments. I think back upon those years often. I’m more alone than ever before these days and nights. I cannot say […]
Estimated reading time: 46 seconds
The wind is cold and damp. I’ve driven for hours to reach this field. After leaving the letter I followed the directions left for me on a note. I drove not knowing if I would find him alive or not. After this our lives will never be the same again.
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I enter the room as though I already belong in this place I’ve never been. I count things in my head to calm my nerves. The letter only mentioned the place and time. The envelope in my hand is what the kidnapper wanted. I walked into our apartment expecting him […]
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I watch the stars at night as the story unfolds in my mind like a map I’ve seen a thousand times. I could hold my breath as the winds of time shift. I can hear the sounds of life, songs of life become my soundtrack. Have you ever been in […]
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I close my eyes as rain pours around me. I’m drenched but I remain where I stand knowing that at any moment the future I saw once in a dream will be the present. I only have so much time, once things begin to occur, to change my past and […]
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Somewhere out there amongst the stars is a place of dreams. A place told of in countless stories with various names but all of these stories are true. In secret I watch the place where dreams become more. A portal to a place thought to be no more than the […]
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The road is a vast empty as above clouds dance through my vision. A solitary car appears. At the edge of the road stands a group of eager teens. They desire to leave behind the mysteries of a town from another time. I was one of them once. I departed […]
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Music guides me as I seek the source of this beautiful sound. Early morning I walk this road unaware of all but this music that woke me from a dream. How I came to be in this place is a mystery.
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