Ita-MI

Flowers budding; Blooming incandescence. Colours scream toward the sky. Fingers reach out to touch Another leaf – Another branch – Another addition to this Sweet romance.

A glimpse of reality; I'm alive!

BOOM! SKREEEEEEEEE! CRASH! "FIRE!" Sirens wail outside my house, screaming in through the windows my parents left open this morning. I jump over to the back of the couch when I hear this, pulling back the curtains so I can get a better look at what's going on: people are running through the streets, some coughing – doubling over and with hands cupped, hovering over their mouths – and others crawling along the ground as they try to escape the cloud of smoke that has formed over our block. "What the hell?!" I leap off of the couch now and sprint to the door, wrenching it open with the full strength of my arm. It smacks against th

Selfless. Destructive. Ruthless. Raving. It'll be the death of us. Love.

You cry to me, Cry for me, Touch me, love me, Cut me open... Say my name... Eyes covered by lids, Irises lightened, whitened By death so kind. Lips chapped, Broken, But still they open, Still they cry to me. They say to me, Cut me open... They move elegantly, So sweetly, Calling to me. Screaming for me.

As my eyes brush over you, I almost want to smile, to remember those old days when we were such good friends. Of course, as I start to remember you and the so-called safety that you gave me, that feeling goes away. Suddenly all I can recall is your mangled hands twisting my body, contorting my mind... holding me tight in your cold grasp – squeezing the life out of me. All I wanted was security. All I wanted was to feel something. I thought that was what you gave me. I thought it would be ok... but I was wrong. You took it away. You stole from me - you lied to me. You told me it was all going to be alright, but instead you - like ever